US History 10th Grade!!

Which two European nations became the most bitter rivals in North America?

• England and France

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What three factors increased the danger of the French threat to the thirteen colonies?

• French alliance with the Indians increased the Indian threat to the colonies. The frontier was not defined, the French could attack because the colonies were not united.

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Why was friction between England and France inevitable in North America?

• The French expanded to Canada, the Great lakes and the Mississippi. the English moved farther west and friction would happen. Also the two fought wars against each other in Europe prior.

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What was the French and Indian War called in Europe?

• The Seven Years' War

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What was the chief British disadvantage in the French and Indian War?

• The colonies lacked unity

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Why was General Edward Braddock defeated so decisively at Fort Duquesne?

• He tried to fight in the open.

• The French and Indians attacked from and thick woods. (Guerrilla style) Washington had warned that the French did not fight in the open.

What was William Pitt's three-part plan to win the French and Indian War?

• Most of the fighting to be done by Prussia

• The British navy will block the French in America and India

• Replace old and incompetent commanders with young, energetic officers

Who were the two greatest military commanders of the French and Indian War?

• Marquis de Montcalm of France

• General James Wolfe of Great Britain

How did the Treaty of Paris change North America?

• France had to give up the land in Canada and all claims in Mississippi and Ohio River valley to Britain.

• The British received Florida from Spain, which was an French ally.

• Spain gained the French lands west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans.

French advantage during the French and Indian War

• The French had a friendly relationship with the Indians

• The French understood the Indian Guerrilla warfare of fighting in the forest.