French and Indian War

Why were England and France fighting in North America – what was the cause of the war?

• Both wanted to control the tobacco trade

• Both wanted to control the Ohio River Valley

• Both wanted to find the Northwest Passage

• Both wanted to control whaling in the Atlantic

What area of land did France lose as a result of the French and Indian War?

• Only Canada

• All of their land in the New World (North America)

• France

• The Caribbean

In the Proclamation of 1763 England told her colonists that they could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Why did England do this?

• To calm down the Indians

• To create new colonies

• To enforce mercantilism

• To protect the Spanish

How did the English colonists (settlers) react to the Proclamation of 1763?

• They all obeyed

• They declared independence from England

• They ignored the Proclamation of 1763

• They attacked tax collectors

Why did England raise taxes on colonists after the French and Indian War?

• England wanted to have more money than France

• England stopped printing paper money

• England was in debt after the war

• England was angry with the colonies