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History

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 2hrs 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year was the Treaty of Utrecht Signed?

a)

1997

b)

1867

c)

1713

d)

2011

2.

What is disputed territory?

a)

an area of land that different group claims belongs to them.

b)

a mountain range.

c)

an argument between 2 people.

d)

a box of cookies.

3.

Why did Europeans want to come to North America?

a)

to claim new land.

b)

to acquire goods to send home.

c)

for economic growth.

d)

all of the above.

4.

What did the Royal Proclamation mean for the French

a)

They had to swear their loyalty to the British crown

b)

They could only wear royal blue clothing

c)

They had to decorate their cookies only with Royal icing

d)

The French could only bank with RBC

5.

What was the Quebec Act

a)

a four part play about poutine

b)

when people act like they are from Quebec

c)

when a group of people meet up in Quebec to hang out

d)

an act that amended the royal proclamation and gave back some rights to the French, as well as took back some of the land from the indigenous groups to give back to the french.

6.

During the fur trade, the First Nations became allied with the

a)

French

b)

British

7.

The British were mostly interested

a)

in settling land and and encouraging immigration

b)

trading fur and building forts to trade and protect themselves

8.

In 1713 the French built ________________________in the centre of their fisheries as trading port. It was intimidating and the largest military base in North America.

a)

Fort Louisburg

b)

Fort Halifax

c)

Fort Beausejour

d)

Fort Port-la-Joye

9.

These people were forced from their homeland by the British between 1755 and 1763

a)

Wabanaki

b)

Acadians

c)

Maliseet

d)

French

10.

The Treaty of Utrecht split up land in North American between which two nations?

a)

England and France

b)

England and First Nations

c)

First Nations and French

11.

Why was the Treaty of Utrecht unsuccessful at solving land disputes between the French and English?

a)

Because the treaty was never signed

b)

because the French couldn't understand the treaty

c)

because the First Nations got all the land instead

d)

because neither the French nor the British knew what the land boundaries were and the Treaty was written overseas

12.

Who was not consulted in the making of the Treaty of Utreecht?

a)

English

b)

French

c)

First Nations

d)

Americans

13.

Before the Treaty of Portsmouth, which two groups were aligned, and made the British nervous?

a)

French and Wabanaki

b)

Ojibwe and Wabanaki

c)

French and Ojibwe

d)

Wabanaki and Acadians

14.

Why was the Treaty of Portsmouth created?

a)

So that the Wabanaki would stop attacking the British

b)

So that the British and Wabanaki could exchange goods

c)

So that the British would stop building on Wabanaki land

d)

all of the above

15.

Why were there misunderstandings with the Treaty of Portsmouth?

a)

The Wabanaki did not sign the Treaty

b)

It was written all in English, which the Wabanaki could not understand

c)

The Treaty was written in French, which the Wabanaki couldn't understand

16.

Why did the Treaty of Portsmouth fail?

a)

The French attacked the British

b)

The Wabanaki attacked the British

c)

The British built a settlement in Wabanaki territory

17.

What was the name of the system used for farming?

a)

Long Lot System

b)

River System

c)

Seigneurial System

d)

Democratic System

18.

What initial reason did explorers have for sailing to North America?

a)

Trade

b)

Find new homes

c)

Find a passage west

d)

meet new people

19.

After the boundary change in 1713 who ended up with more land?

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

First Nations

d)

British

20.

Which were agreements made between the Abenaki and the British in the Treaty of Portsmouth?

a)

become subjects of Queen Anne

b)

stop all acts of aggression towards Great Britain

c)

allow the English back to their settlements unharmed

d)

trade only at English Trading Posts

e)

address all problems in an English Court

21.

Why is Dummer's Treaty important?

a)

The first time a treaty was named after a person

b)

The first Treaty in multiple languages

c)

the first time a European power acknowledged inclusion of an indigenous in habitant in the treaty

d)

The first time a First Nations tribe was victorious

22.

When did the Seven Years' War take place?

a)

1756-1763

b)

1753-1760

c)

1754-1761

d)

1755-1762

23.

Who lost more people in the Seven Years' War?

a)

British

b)

French

c)

First Nations

d)

Spanish

24.

Which event ended the Seven Years' War?

a)

The Treaty of Paris

b)

French Surrender

c)

Great Britain agreed to no force religious conversion or expulsion

d)

British were superior on land but still feared the French Navy and wanted peace

25.

What was a United Empire Loyalist?

a)

Someone loyal to the British Crown

b)

Someone against American Independence

c)

Someone immigrating to Canada after the American Revolution

d)

Someone with ties to "the mother country"

e)

Someone in danger in America

26.

What was t he Haldimand Procclamation

a)

a readjustment of the seignurial system

b)

the agreement that ended the American Revolution

c)

The first Treaty to end the owning of slaves

d)

an agreement that gave land to the Haudenosaunee for their alliance to the British

27.

What was the constitutional Act of 1791

a)

reformed Quebec to include 10 000 English-speaking settlers

b)

Upper Canada became French

c)

Lower Canada Became French

d)

The only hope of settling hostilities between the French and British of Quebec

e)

Control went to Great Britain