French and Indian War

What country built forts on land claimed by the British, prompting the first battles of the French and Indian War?

• France

• Spain

• Natives

• Narnia

Who successfully led the British Parliament during the French and Indian War?

• Edward Braddock

• George Franklin

• William Pitt the Elder

• Benjamin Franklin

Which of the following marked the end of the French and Indian War?

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Battle of Quebec

Which best identifies the major cause of the French and Indian War?

• Overlapping claims by the French, the British, and the Spanish created fierce competition between the three European nations.

• Overlapping claims by the British and the Iroquois Confederacy resulted in American Indians working together to drive the British off the continent.

• Overlapping claims by individual American colonies were exacerbated by differing cultures in the New England, middle, and southern colonies.

• The French and Indians didn't like each other

As a result of the French and Indian War

• French settlement could expand east of the Mississippi River.

• France gave up their land and the British colonial settlement could expand westward.

• Native Americans won all their land back.

• Spain took over the British Colonies

What young soldier and future president had to retreat and build fort necessity in the first battle of the war?

• Ben Franklin

• Edward Braddock

• William Pitt

• George Washington

Which of the following was not an effect of the French and Indian War?

• Proclamation Line of 1763

• New British Taxes

• Loss of land for the Native Americans

• French gained money and land

Which of the following things did William Pitt NOT do?

• Helped the British but angered colonists.

• Forced colonists to serve in the army

• His leadership led to failure for the British

• Made soldiers stay in colonists’ homes and take supplies

What three things did the Ohio River Valley have?

• Good farmland, control over major rivers, chances to trade with Native Americans

• Bad farmland, control over major rivers, chances to trade with Native Americans

• Bad farmland, no major rivers, chances to trade with Native Americans

• Good farmland, no major rivers, chances to trade with Native Americans

The colonists respected the Proclamation Line of 1763.

• True

• False