Social Studies Chapter 18 Part 1!

In 1747, a group of Virginia colonists formed the

• Raceland Company

• Ohio Company

• China Company

• France Company

What was the goal of the Virginia colonists when they formed the Ohio Company? 

• To start a Virginia settlement in the Ohio River Valley region.

• To become an Interpreter and Translate words from one language to another.

• To start an English settlement in the Ohio River Valley region.

• To become an woodsmen.

France considered the Mississippi River and its tributaries to be

• the eastern boundaries of its Louisiana Territory.

• the western boundaries of its France Territory.

• the southern boundaries of its Virginia Territory.

• the northern boundaries of its Ohio Territory.

 England considered its land to include everything north of

• Maine, up through present- day Florida.

• Maine, up through present- day Georgia.

• Georgia, up through present- day Maine.

• Florida, up through present-day Maine.

What is the pursuit of recognized territorial ownership by a group or individual.

• A Half King

• A land claim

• A woodsmen

• An Interpreter

What is a person who translates words from one language to another to help people who do not know each other’s language communicate

• An Interpreter

• An Land claim

• A Doctor

• A Dance teacher

Who are men who work in the woods and know the area well; they either hunt or cut trees for lumber for work.

• Wood Cutter

• Land Claim

• Interpreter

• Woodsmen

Who wrote a letter demanding that the French has to leave the Ohio River Valley territory immediately. 

• Jacques Legardeur

• Robert Dinwiddie, Virginia’s lieutenant governor

• George Washington

• Christopher Gist

Who carried a letter from Virginia’s lieutenant governor, to the French leader. 

• George Washington, an army major in the Virginia militia

• Jacques Legardeur

• Christopher Gist

• Robert Dinwiddle

The French leader in the Ohio Valley Region was

• George Washington.

• Christopher Gist.

• Abraham Lincoln.

• Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre.