APUSH Chapter 6 RQ

1. What kept France from exploring the New World until the late sixteenth century?

• (A) Lack of interest by the crown
• (B) Ill-fated missions by early English settlers
• (C) Foreign wars and internal conflicts
• (D) The cost of financing an expedition
• (E) Fear of repercussions from Spain and England

2. What decision did French explorer Samuel de Champlain make that had long-term negative consequences for France’s conquest of the New World?

• (A) He established Quebec as the capital of New France.
• (B) He befriended the Huron Indians.
• (C) He befriended the Iroquois.
• (D) He drove out English settlers in the region.
• (E) He antagonized Spanish and English explorers.

3. How did the government of the French colonies differ from that of the English colonies?

• (A) The French colonies were run entirely by the crown.
• (B) The French colonies established governments that were completely independent of the crown.
• (C) Commercial companies had control over the French colonies.
• (D) Colonists were granted a wide range of rights, including trial by jury.
• (E) Settlers established a representative form of government elected by the people.

4. Settlement of the French colonies in New Canada grew very slowly until 1750 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that

• (A) there was plenty of available land for those who wanted it in their French homeland.
• (B) Protestant Huguenots were prohibited from immigrating to the French colonies.
• (C) the government focused on developing its Caribbean colonies.
• (D) Canada’s cold, snowy climate presented a difficult challenge.
• (E) consumer demand for New France’s main export, beaver skins, had dropped off considerably.

5. Which of the following was NOT a principal motivation for French exploration of territory beyond New France in the eighteenth century?

• (A) Converting Indians to Christianity
• (B) Keeping English settlers from moving into the nearby Ohio Valley
• (C) Seeking new beaver supplies
• (D) Thwarting Spain’s attempts to claim land north of Mexico
• (E) Difficulties with local native populations

6. All of the following Anglo-French colonial wars began in Europe EXCEPT

• (A) King William’s War.
• (B) the French and Indian War.
• (C) the War of Austrian Succession.
• (D) Queen Anne’s War.
• (E) the War of Jenkins’s Ear.

7. How did George Washington start the global war in 1754 that would later come to be known as the Seven Years’ War?

• (A) Washington forcibly relocated thousands of French Acadians from the area known as Nova Scotia to other French territories.
• (B) Washington claimed, for his family, the same Ohio territory where the French had built Fort Duquesne.
• (C) Washington’s men killed a French military leader on the outskirts of Fort Duquesne.
• (D) Washington recklessly attacked French forces without a battle plan.
• (E) Washington sent an insulting letter to French leaders in the Ohio territory.

8. Prompted by the British to promote greater inter colonial unity and defense during the French and Indian War, the Albany Congress failed in its attempts to establish colonial home rule because

• (A) not all colonies sent representatives to Albany.
• (B) colonists felt it did not offer enough independence.
• (C) English authorities deemed such efforts illegal.
• (D) colonists were unwilling to fund the venture.
• (E) colonists wanted to preserve their individuality and did not see the need for union.

9. How did British leader William Pitt earn the nickname “Organizer for Victory”?

• (A) He shifted the failing British military strategy toward Quebec and Montreal.
• (B) He relied on the experience of older generals to lead.
• (C) He forced France to hand over to Spain its southernmost territories.
• (D) He trained colonists for military service.
• (E) He convinced colonists to donate funds for the war.

10. Colonists came away from their experience of the French and Indian War feeling

• (A) confident in their military might.
• (B) the desire for England to better safeguard its colonies.
• (C) increasingly concerned about Indian attacks.
• (D) a greater sense of oneness with their British compatriots.
• (E) eager to break off ties with England.