Unit 3 S.S- Benchmark test :)

Why were many Native American tribes interested in aligning with the French during the French and Indian War to overthrow the British?

• The British were more aggressive in their land grabs than the French.
• The French promised to return stolen land to Native Americans.
• The French had more money and goods to share with NativeAmericans.
• The Native Americans shared cultural and religious ties with the French.

When and where did the French and Indian War begin?

• The war started in 1776 in New England.
• The war started in 1754 in New England.
• The war started in 1754 in the Ohio River Valley.
• The war started in 1776 in the Ohio River Valley.

The French and Indian War was was fought between the

• French and the Indians
• Indians and the Spanish
• French and British against the Indians
• The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.

Who was the young military leader from Virginia who fought in the French and Indian war?

• William Pitt
• Edward Braddock
• King George II
• George Washington 

The Treaty of Paris 1763 marked the end of the French and Indian War.

• True
• False

How was the land divided after the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763?

• Britain got it all when they won the French and Indian War.
• The Native Americans got half and Britain got half.
• Spain got everything west of the Mississippi and Britain got most of New France.
• Spain got half and Great Britain got half.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 say?

• France owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Natives owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Colonists could move west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains

What was a cause of the Proclamation of 1763?

• The Native Americans were asking for more money.
• The British did not want to keep on fighting with the Native Americans.
• The King was bored and wanted to make a new law.
• The King wanted to control his settlers so he made this Proclamation.

Why were many colonists angry about the Proclamation of 1763?

• They were unhappy because they could not settle on new lands.
• They wanted to travel all the way west to California.
• They wanted to share the land with the Native Americans.
• They wanted their money back for the land.

Why was the war fought?

• over land.....both sides wanted to claim the Ohio River Valley

• over money

• for control of Canada

• for control of the Mississippi River