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- 1. Multiple Choice
Native Americans lived in North America for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. They lived in independent nations with their own territories and languages. They had their own forms of government. They had feuds and alliances with other Native American nations.
By the middle of the 1700s, both France and Great Britain had busy colonies in North America. Britain had the thirteen colonies along the east Coast. They settled towns and villages and cleared land for farming. The French claimed the land north and west of the British colonies. The French were mostly trappers and traders. Because they did not claim land for farming and were generally respectful, the French had comparatively good relationships with many Native American nations.
How did British colonists differ from French colonists in the 1700s?
The British did not claim land for farming, but the French did.
The British settled in only one area, while the French established thirteen colonies.
The British settled towns and farms, while the French mostly trapped and traded.
The French did not interact with the Native American tribes, while the British established good relationships with them.
- 2. Multiple Choice
In the 1750s, Native American nations, the French and British got into conflict oer the Ohio River Valley. The land was valuable to all three groups. Native American nations such as Chippewa, Ottawa, Delaware, and some of the Iroquois had lived on the land for hundreds of years.
The British colonists were running out of space on the East Coast and needed to expand. Some Virginia planters even got a charter from the king to start selling land along the Ohio River.
The French like the region because it had a lot of valuable game for trapping and was accessible by many waterways. The deputy governor of Virginia send a young major named George Washington to ask the French to leave the area in 1753. The French refused. They chased Washington and his men away.
Who claimed the territory of the Ohio River?
only the French
the British and the French
the British and many Native American nations
Native American nations, the French, and the British
- 3. Multiple Choice
In 1754, Washington returned to the Ohio River Valley to build a fort. When he and his men arrived, they discovered that the French were building their own fort. The two groups had a brief struggle, and a French captain was killed. The French retaliated and captured the British fort. Tension between the two countries grew. Both France and Britain sent more troops to North America. Britain officially declared war on France in 1756.
At first, the French had the advantage. They built alliances with Native American nations like the Huron. The Native Americans shared their fighting strategies with the French. They used camouflage to hide themselves and their weapons from the British. This confused the British, who fought in straight lines on open fields. For the first two years of the war, Britain suffered major losses.
Why did the British suffer many losses at the beginning of the war?
The French outnumbered the British.
The French army was stronger and better trained.
The French and Native Americans used tactics like camouflage, confusing the British.
The French and Native Americans fought battles in straight lines on open fields, confusing the British.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Though in America we call the war the French and Indian War, the was was between the British and the French. The Native Americans fought on both sides. The war was actually just a piece of a larger war being fought all over the world. The British and French were colonizing territories across the globe. They were not just fighting for access to the Ohio River Valley. They were fighting each other to determine who would be the most important colonial power in the world. Whoever got the most territory would win. This is why they fought so hard for land in North America, India, and West Africa. In Britain, the whole war is called the Seven Years' War.
The French and Indian war
was a war only between the French and the Native Americans.
was part of a larger war between Britain and France.
took place in France and India.
only affected North America.
- 5. Multiple Choice
In 1758 Britain found a new strategy. Secretary of State William Pitt became commander-in-chief of the army. He sent more money and more troops to North America. The British formed an alliance with the Iroquois, a very strong Native American nation. The Iroquois had a long feud with the Huron, who were helping the French.
Pitt decided to focus on the big French forts, like Niagara, Quebec, and Montreal. As they captured each fort, the British cut off support for French troops. The British captured Montreal in 1760. This ended much of the fighting of the war. France and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris in 1763. In the treaty, all the French lands in present-day Canada and from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River were given to the British.
Which of the following contributed to Britain's victory in the war?
General Pitt sending more money and troops to the colonies
the British forming an alliance with the Iroquois nation
a strategy of capturing French forts
all of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
The British won the war and were given a huge area of land. After 1763, they claimed all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, as well as all of Canada. But Britain had just spend seven years fighting an exhausting war in serveral different countries. Paying for all that fighting cost an enormous amount of money, and they were deeply in debt. The British government could not afford to govern all the new land they'd acquired. To solve the debt problem, Parliament decided to tax the American colonists. To solve the governing problem, they issued the Proclamation of 1763, which kept colonists from settling land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Because of the war, the colonists had gained military experience. They knew they were stronger together than they were appart. They didn't like being taxed because they had no representation in British Parliament. The were being kept out of the western territory, which they felt was rightfully theirs. The stage was set for a revolution.
Which of the following is not a way in which the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution?
The war had strengthened ties between the colonists and the Native Americans.
The British enacted new taxes to pay for the war, which angered the colonists.
The colonists became better fighters and discovered what they could do if they banded together.
The colonists were not allowed to settle beyond the Appalachian mountains, which they felt was unfair.
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