10 questions
Which factor gave France the greatest advantage over Britain in the competition for territory in North America?
The large number of French settlers in the interior.
The good relations France had with American Indians.
The control the French Navy exercised over Atlantic trade routes
The steady supply of raw materials from French colonies in the West Indies
This image was intended to promote the Albany Plan of Union. What problem faced by the colonists did the Albany Plan address?
attacks by hostile Indians and foreign settlers
lack of citizen participation in state and local militias
the British quartering their soldiers in private homes
slow economic growth resulting from inconsistent trade policies
Which statement best explains the British rationale for the Proclamation of 1763?
Preserving Indian hunting grounds would provide the government with a steady supply of food for its fast-growing colonies
Halting the westward progress of colonial settlement would reduce further conflict between American Indians and colonists
Setting aside territory for American Indians to occupy in the interior would make it easier to purchase Indian lands along the Atlantic Coast
Protecting American Indian leaders from attack would prevent French fur traders from reestablishing their dominance in the Ohio River Valley
The expansion of New France occurred especially
in the interior mountain areas
along the paths of lakes and rivers
in areas already occupied by English settlers
to the north of the original St. Lawrence River settlement
The original cause of the French and Indian War was
a conflict in Europe between Britain and France
British removal of the “Acadian” French settlers from Nova Scotia
competition between French and English colonials for land in the Ohio River valley
a French attack on George Washington’s Virginia headquarters
The French and Indian War eventually became part of the larger world conflict known as
the Seven Years’ War
the War of Jenkins’ Ear
the War of the Austrian Succession
King George’s War
Benjamin Franklin’s attempt to create intercolonial unity at the Albany Congress resulted in
a permanent cooperative organization of the colonies
rejection of the congress’s proposal for colonial home rule by London and by the individual colonies
a sharp increase in Indian attacks on colonial settlements
a growing colonial sympathy with France in the war against Britain
British statesman behind the victory in the French and Indian War
William Pitt
George Washington
Samuel Champlain
Edward Braddock
French explorer known as the "Father of New France"
George Washington
William Pitt
Samuel Champlain
Marquis de Lafayette
He was sent to the Ohio Country to command 150 Virginia militiamen
William Pitt
George Braddock
Samuel Champlain
George Washington