Social Studies: French and Indian War Review

Which two European countries were fighting for control of western Ohio River Valley in the mid-1700s?

• Dutch and England

• England and France

• France and Spain

• Spain and Sweden

Why were these two European countries fighting for this land?

• build a fort

• farm land

• fur trade

• gold

In the 1700s, a place or area that was unsettled was known as:

• claimed land

• fighting grounds

• meadows

• wilderness

Who was first sent to western PA to ask the French to leave the region?

• General Braddock

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• William Penn

The Ohio River Valley was located in PA. Why did the colony of Virginia get involved in the claim for the Ohio River Valley?

• The founding Quakers did not believe in fighting.

• Pennsylvania was not interested in the area.

• Virginia claimed this area as its own.

• Virginia had a faster way to get to this area.

Name the fort the French built in 1754 where the three rivers meet.

• Fort Duquesne

• Fort Necessity

• Fort Pitt

• Fort Virginia

Name the fort Washington built to protect his troops against a French attack.

• Fort Duquesne

• Fort Ligonier

• Fort Necessity

• Fort Pitt

Even though he outnumbered his enemy, this British general was defeated and killed in battle on his way to take a French fort.

• Braddock

• Bouquet

• Forbes

• “Mad Anthony” Wayne

After the English took over the French fort at three rivers, what name was given to a newly built fort?

• Fort Duquesne

• Fort Forbes

• Fort Necessity

• Fort Pitt

Who was the Native American chief who led tribes in attacking western frontier forts? He was defeated at the battle of Bushy Run.

• Crazy Horse

• Geronimo

• Pontiac

• Tamamend