VUS Module 2.2 French & Indian War

Which best describes the Albany Plan of Union?

• It was a failed plan to eliminate the colonists’ right to vote.

• It was a failed plan to unite the American colonies.

• It was a failed plan to make the colonies independent from Britain.

• It was a failed plan to strengthen individual colonial governments.

Who built forts on land claimed by Virginia, prompting the first battles of the French and Indian War?

• the Iroquois Confederacy

• France

• Spain

• the Ottawa people

After the French and Indian War, tension between Britain and the colonies

• grew due to increased taxation of the colonists because of the war.

• lessened because colonial life had become more peaceful.

• lessened because colonists had new land on which to settle.

• grew due to increased colonial dependence on Britain.

Look at Benjamin Franklin’s political cartoon from 1754. How does the cartoon depict the American colonies?

• How does the cartoon depict the American colonies?

• as subject to attack from outside forces

• as separate and in danger of destruction

• as sneaky and cunning

Which American Indian group was allied with the British as the French and Indian War began?

• the Huron

• the Ottawa

• the Iroquois Confederacy

• the Algonquin

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 Huron, and the Algonquin resulted in the American Indians working together to drive the French off the continent.

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

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

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

As a result of French and Indian War

• Spanish settlement could expand throughout Florida.

• French settlement could expand east of the Mississippi River.

• American Indian settlement could expand eastward.

• American colonial settlement could expand westward.

What happened to the American Indians who fought in the French and Indian War?

• Those who allied with Britain gained land and power.

• All American Indian groups gained land and power.

• Those who allied with France gained land and power.

• All American Indian groups lost land and power.

Who gained control of lands east of the Mississippi River as a result of the French and Indian War?

• the Algonquin people

• Britain

• France

• the Iroquois Confederacy