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The Seven Years' War/ French and Indian War and its Aftermath

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the 1750s, what issues arose in North America?

a)

Colonists rebellion

b)

Territorial problems

c)

Famine

d)

Religious differences

2.

What treaty did the Albany Congress want?

a)

one to create an alliance with Spain

b)

one to make peace with France

c)

one with the Iroquois Confederacy

d)

one with the Cherokee and Chickasaw

3.

What inspired Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan?

a)

British Parliament

b)

Magna Carta

c)

French invasions from Nova Scotia

d)

Iroqouis governing structures

4.

What was the purpose of the Albany Plan?

a)

to declare war on France

b)

to repeal the Stamp Act

c)

to create unified colonial gov.

d)

to establish the First Continental Congress

5.

What was the starting point for colonial reunification?

a)

Albany Congress

b)

Stamp Act Congress

c)

First Continental Congress

d)

New England Assembly

6.

What was the Battle of Jumonville Glen?

a)

a skirmish between British and French troops that was initially a British victory until the French rebounded

b)

a guerilla attack on French soldiers led by a young major of the name of George Washington

c)

a battle between the tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy and British soldiers.

d)

A French attack on the British fort, Jumonville Glen. With the British unprepared to fight back, the French easily won the battle.

7.

Who led the British in the Battle of Jumonville Glen?

a)

Robert Dinwiddle

b)

Ethan Allen

c)

Benedict Arnold

d)

George Washington

8.

What were the causes of the Seven Years War?

a)

The British losses received from the Battle of Jumonville Glen

b)

the French creating a pact with the Native Americans

c)

the French refusal to withdrawal from frontier forts

d)

the French captured a British fort- Fort Wildon

9.

TRUE OR FALSE: The Seven Years War took place only in North America

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

TRUE OR FALSE: The British received many losses in the first four years of the conflict

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

What caused the British victory in the Seven Year War in North America?

a)

British Prime Minister William Pitt assumed command of wartime operations

b)

General Francis Smith led an attack on the French fort, Fort Oswego

c)

The British made an alliance with the Alonquian Native Americans

d)

British troops took over a key French stronghold in Louisburg

12.

After the Seven Years War, what happened to France's land in North America?

a)

Great Britain and Spain divided up ALL of France's colonial holdings in North America in the Treaty of Paris

b)

The land was given back to the Native Americans

c)

The Dutch claimed part of France's colonial land alongside Great Britain

d)

Most of their land was given to Great Britain and Spain after the war however France had a little land left in Quebec

13.

What land did Britain and Spain receive from the treaty of Paris?

a)

Spain: Louisiana and Texas Britain: Ontario and present day British Columbia

b)

Spain: port of New Orleans and land west of Mississippi Britain: only land west of Appalachians except for New Mexico and California

c)

Spain: New Mexico and California Britain: Quebec and Ohio Valley

d)

Spain: port of New Orleans and land west of Mississippi Britain: Quebec and Ohio Valley

14.

How did France's lost in the Seven Years War impact their Native American allies?

a)

Britain immediately began taking over their land

b)

They were forced into reservations in the Great Plains

c)

they no had a European power to protect them from colonists westward expansion

d)

They looked to create an alliance with either Britain or Spain to help receive protection

15.

Who was Chief Pontiac?

a)

an Ottawa chief who encouraged Ohio Country tribes to unite against British and to attack British forts+settlements

b)

a chief of the Shawnee tribe who encouraged tribes in the Pennsylvania area to fight the Spanish

c)

a religious leader from the Delaware tribe who grew so popular he earned the name "chief"

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

16.

The mark of the beginning of the Pontiac's War is the Ottawa attack on ______

a)

Multiple forts in Ohio

b)

Fort Detroit

c)

Fort Oswega

d)

Williamsburg

17.

TRUE OR FALSE: The Native Americans lost Pontiac's War due to a smallpox outbreak

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSe

18.

Why were the colonists were angry over “The Proclamation of 1763?”

a)

Colonists were supposed to have the same rights as British citizens in Britain. These rights had been stated in the English Bill of Rights of 1689.

b)

Colonists had hoped to gain more authority to govern themselves, but the opposite seemed to be happening.

c)

Colonists felt the Proclamation of 1763 took away their right as British citizens to move where they wanted.

d)

All of the previous choices are correct.

e)

None of the previous choices are correct

19.

According to the British what was the REASON for the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

The Proclamation of 1763 gave all of the land to the American colonists.

b)

The Proclamation was a meeting between Native Americans and the colonists.

c)

It was attempt to end conflicts/war between Native Americans and colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains.

d)

It was a law that allowed colonists the chance to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

20.

The Proclamation of 1763 drew a line down the crest of what mountain range?

a)

Sierras

b)

Cascades

c)

Rockies

d)

Appalachians

21.

Who came up with the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

Chief Pontiac

b)

King George III

c)

King Charles III

d)

Chief Montezuma

22.

One of the effects of the proclamation of 1763 was

a)

It made sure Native land would always be protected

b)

It unified the colonists in their hated/dislike towards the British

c)

It fostered better relationships between natives and colonists

d)

It gave more land to colonists

23.

Colonists were supposed to stay ________ of the invisible line and not go into Native territory

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West