APUSH Chapter 6 Reading Quiz

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