In the late 1700’s, the became the major European power in South Asia.

Britain and France were the prime competitors, especially as their sights focused on the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys-land claimed and long settled by the Native Americans. As Britain emerged as the dominant imperial power of Europe in the 1700s, American colonists were more than pleased to share the bounty.

The geographic feature in the westernmost corner of kenya is answer: the great rift vally