WorksheetsFrench and Indian War (test prep)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Why were the French and English competing for control of North America?
Both countries desired territorial expansion, by colonizing new lands.
North America was an almost limitless source of wealth in furs.
Control of North America would five either nation access to trade with Asia.
Both nations saw military advantages in possessing North America.
Both the fur trade and colonizing land, especially the Ohio River Valley.
How did their relationships with European nations lead to conflict between different Indian groups in the 1600's?
Various European nations hired Native American tribes to fight one another.
As Europeans moved onto Indian lands, those who were forced to move, attatcked other Natie American groups.
As Native American tribes helped competing European nations harvest furs, wars broke out between them due to economic loyalties to either the French or the British.
As Native American tribes helped competing European nations harvest cotton, wars broke out between them due to economic loyalties to either the French or the Spanish.
How did the Albany Plan of Union foreshadow the American Revolution?
It foreshadowed the time when the colonies would unite to fight Indians.
It was the first attempt to bring self-government to the colonies.
It made Benjamin Franklin a leading figure in the colonies.
It hinted at a time when the colonies would join to fight a common foe (enemy)
How was Prime Minister William Pitt able to turn things around for the British in the war?
He poured money into the war effort, by sending the nation's best generals to America and borrowing money to hire colonial troops.
He made new alliancs that won Irouois loyalty from the French to the British.
He persuaded Parliament to spend more money on war material and mercenaries.
He made an alliance with Russia that doomed the French to defeat.
How did the map of North America change after the French and Indian War ended?
Spain now owned all the land east of the Mississippi.
The Great Lakes region was now controlled by Russia and Austria.
For the First time, Britain controlled the coast of North America.
France no longer appeared on any North American map.
Why did Pontiac lead an uprising against the British?
He had learned about the British use of disease-laden blankets before 1763.
He wanted to establish an all-Native American empire in North America.
He had not received the items he had been promised by the British for his aid against the French.
American colonial settlers were moving across the mountains onto Native American land.
How did the British defeat Pontiac's forces?
They invited Pontiac to truce talks, but then took him prisoner.
They made a new alliance with France to combine forces against them.
They gave the Indians smallpox-infected blankets as gifts.
They sent thousands of German mercenaries to America to fight the Indians.
Why did Parliament issue the Proclamation of 1763?
To reduce clashes between settlers and Indians.
To destroy all Indian peoples living east of the Mississippi River.
To make alliances with Indian peoples living east of the Mississippi River.
To expand its colonial settlements into the West.
The Proclamation of 1763 angered colonists because...
It called for harsh punishments against smugglers.
It would keep them from moving west across the Appalachian Mountains to get new land.
They felt that Britain had no right to tax them directly, since they were not represented in Parliament.
It placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies.
(a) told British General Braddock to break ranks and fight from behind the trees like the French. Braddock refused and he died.
