CH 2 Review French & Indian War

What two groups had competing land claims in North America that became a key point of conflict during the years leading up to the French and Indian War?

• Great Britain and American Indians

• France and American Indians

• Spain and France

• Great Britain and France

Virginia colonists formed the Ohio Company to start an English settlement in the _____________ ___________ Valley region.

• Ohio River

• Merced River

• Amazon River

• Mississippi River

How did the French respond to the creation of the Ohio Company?

• They began attacking British forts in the region.

• They built forts in the region.

• They formed an alliance with Great Britain and shared the land.

• They immediately declared war on Great Britain.

Great Britain hired a surveyor, Christopher Gist, to do what in the area?

• built British forts

• explore and map

• plow and farm

• hunt and gather

Gist started an alliance with the Iroquois tribe while he surveyed the land. What is an alliance?

• an argument between groups that often leads to war

• a conflict between groups or individuals

• an agreement that allows two groups to share land and resources

• a relationship where groups agree to help each other when needed

Who did the British send to the French after they built forts to tell them to leave?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Mickey Mouse

• Foster Monroe

The Albany Plan of Union, created by Benjamin Franklin, called for a(n) __________________.

• divided colonial government

• alliance with the French

• unified colonial government

• alliance with all tribes

Many American Indians sided with the _________ because they had developed fur trade relations over the years and did not settle the region.

• British

• French

• Spanish

• Portuguese

Why was Fort Loudoun built?

• to discourage English settlers from living on Cherokee land

• to discourage trade between Europeans and Cherokee

• to encourage cooperation between Cherokee and British soldiers

• to encourage cooperation between Cherokee and French fur traders

When the English stopped trading guns with the Cherokee & several Cherokee were killed by the English, what happened to Fort Loudoun?

• The Cherokee surrounded the fort (a seige). The alliance was over.

• The English surrounded the fort (a seige). The alliance was over.

• The Cherokee and the English continued a friendly alliance.

• The Fort continued on for many years until the English decided to move out.