Northwest Territories (Cromwell the Great)

The Colony of Ohio was created as a reaction of the end of hostilities between France and Britain, Originally established as buffer on the disputed territories between the Ohio Company and French Canada. Its origins go far back to the Ohio Company.

Ohio Company
The Ohio Company (complete name: The Ohio River Trading Company of Virginia) was a chartered trading and land speculation company established by settlers from Virginia in the Ohio Valley and trans-Allegheny territories.

The company had a land grant from the British Commonwealth and a treaty with Indians, but France also claimed the area, and the conflict helped provoke the 'outbreak' of the French and Indian War.