The french and indian war broke out over claims to the:
mississippi river valley
ohio river valley
mohawk river valley
hudson river valley

The French and Indian War broke out over claims to the:

Ohio River valley

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.

payments were made after the 1940s.

in the 1980s, a commission held investigations and made recommendations.