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Founding colonies/French and Indian War I

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 8hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Founder wanted to protect himself and Quakers from persecution

a)

Connecticut

b)

South Carolina

c)

New York

d)

Pennsylvania

2.

Settlers sent here to begin a fishing colony

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Delaware

c)

Connecticut

d)

Virginia

3.

First colony to guarantee religious freedom for its citizens

a)

New York

b)

Delaware

c)

Georgia

d)

Rhode Island

4.

The last of the 13 colonies to be created

a)

North Carolina

b)

South Carolina

c)

Georgia

d)

Virginia

5.

Pequot Indians defeated and wiped out by the settlers

a)

Connecticut

b)

Delaware

c)

Georgia

d)

Maryland

6.

The colony had more Revolutionary War battles than any other

a)

South Carolina

b)

North Carolina

c)

Virginia

d)

Pennsylvania

7.

Dutch set up fur trading with the Native Americans

a)

virginia

b)

Delaware

c)

North Carolina

d)

Maryland

8.

First Pilgrims settled here in Plymouth

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Virginia

c)

North Carolina

d)

New York

9.

In 1756 Great Britain wanted more land and started a war with

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

China

d)

Russia

10.

Great Britain and France both had help from which group of people?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Slaves

c)

Indentured servants

d)

Native Americans

11.

Since the British Colonists were running out of land on the East Coast, they wanted land along the _______ River.

a)

Ohio

b)

Mississippi

c)

Lumber

d)

Santee

12.

The treaty of Paris ended the war between France and

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

Great Britain

d)

Germany

13.

Great Britain is also referred as the

a)

French

b)

Colonists

c)

Natives

d)

British

14.
The French and Indian War was a conflict between the 
a)
The French and  Native Americans against the British
b)
The French against the British and Native Americans
c)
The French and British against the Native Americans
d)
they were all fighting each other
15.

Why did the British suffer many losses at the beginning of the war?

a)

the French and Native Americans used tactics like camouflage, confusing the British

b)

The French outnumbered the British

c)

The French were better trained

d)

British lacked weapons

16.

The map shows the western limit on colonial settlement that resulted from the

a)

founding of Jamestown

b)

Line of proclamation of 1763

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Compromise of 1850

17.
What was the main cause of the French and Indian War (1754-1763)
a)
disputed land claims in the  Ohio River valley between the French and the British
b)
conflicts between colonists and the French over control of the Great Plains
c)
taxation on american colonist without representation in Parliament 
d)
violation of trade agreements between European nations and Native American Indians
18.
What document marked the end of France as a power in North America?
a)
Treaty of France 
b)
Treaty of Ohio River Valley 
c)
Adams Onis Treaty
d)
Treaty of Paris 1763
19.
The Ohio River Valley has access to what two rivers?
a)
Mississippi and Ohio R.
b)
Mississippi and Missouri R.
20.

What contributed to Britain's victory in the war?

a)

More money and troops were sent

b)

a strategy of capturing French forts

c)

British formed an alliance with the Iroquois nation

d)

all of the above

21.
The Ohio River Valley is ______ of the Appalachian Mountains.
a)
West
b)
East
22.
Because Britain was left in great debt, what did the government of Britain begin doing?
a)
Taxing the colonists
b)
Giving away land they won in the war
23.
This is the law passed by English Parliament after the French and Indian War prohibiting the colonist from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains, for their own protection.
a)
The Sugar Act
b)
The Quartering Act
c)
The Proclamation of 1763
d)
The Declaration of Independence
24.
France got:
a)
Canada, Ohio River Valley
b)
Canada, All land east of the Mississippi River, and Florida
c)
Louisiana 
d)
Nothing
25.

A colony owned by an individual

a)

Royal Colony

b)

Trust Company

c)

Proprietary

d)

joint-stock company

26.

Parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. They were used by the Virginia Company to attract more colonists.

a)

privateer

b)

charter company

c)

Headright system

d)

Royal Establishment

27.
What happened as a result of the French and Indian War?
a)
The colonists were no longer ruled by the British.
b)
France gave up all of its land in what is now the United States.
28.

Colony under the direct rule of the English Crown

a)

Charter colony

b)

Royal colony

c)

Joint-stock company

d)

Proprietary colony

29.

First permanent English settlement in the New World located in Virginia.

a)

Boston Harbor

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Roanoke

d)

Jamestown

30.
Who won the French and Indian War?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Indians
d)
Spain

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