APUSH Exam #2 : ch. 6 through 10

The Indians suffered from their association with the French in New France in all the following ways except a) exclusion from the fur business b) decimation of their numbers by the white man's diseases c) weakening of their traditional way of life d) debauchery by the white man's alcohol

a) exclusion from the fur business

All of the following are true about the War of Jenkin's Ear except a) it resulted with France allying itself with Britain b) it began as a small scuffle between Britain and Spain in America c) it came to be called King George's War after merging with the War of Austrian Secession in Europe d) New England recruits invaded New France

a) it resulted in France allying itself with Britain

The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to a) achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat b) propose independence of the colonies from Britain c) gain peace with France d) prohibit New England and New York from trading with the West Indies

a) to achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat

The Seven Years' War was also known in America as a) War of Jenkin's Ear b) French and Indian War c) War of the Austrian Secession d) Queen Anne's War

b) French and Indian War

Colonists emerged from the French and Indian War a) more loyal to Britain than ever b) more confident in their military strength c) with the respect of the British government d) solidly allied with the Native Americans

b) more confident in their military strength

Benjamin Franklin published in his Pennsylvania Gazette his most famous cartoon of the colonial era, a disjointed snake, which a) promoted the idea that America, if they accepted the Albany Plan, would be cut apart and die b) promoted the idea that if the colonies did not stand united against France, they would fall apart and die c) argued that the British would cut apart the french (like the snake) once the Albany Plan was accepted d) implied that the French was like the snake, waiting to be cut up by the Albany Plan

b) promoted the idea that if the colonies did not stand united against France, they would fall apart and die

In his first military command encounter in the French and Indian War, Lieutenant Colonel George Washington a) won a decisive and hard-fought battle for British forces at Fort Duquesne b) was defeated by French forces at Fort Necessity following a ten-hour siege in July 1754 c) received strong military support and reinforcements from the British Army command and political authorities d) helped to force the French out of Nova Scotia

b) was defeated by French forces at Fort Necessity following a ten-hour siege in July 1754

New England colonists were outraged when British diplomats returned ______ to France in 1748 a) Hudson Bay b) Acadia c) Louisburg d) Nova Scotia

c) Louisburg

The coureurs de bois and the voyageurs a) were critical French military divisions that helped France gain and regain political control over Québec b) were allied with Jesuit missionaries in achieving similair goals and objectives for the Indians in New France c) played critical roles in recruiting local Indian tribes to develop the French fur business in New France d) failed to influence the economical developement of New France in any significant way

c) played critical roles in recruiting local Indian tribes to develop the French fur business in New France

The French wanted to control the interior basin of Louisiana because they a) liked it's climate b) wanted to keep the area unfortified c) sought to block imperial encroachment by Spain through the Gulf of Mexico region d) saw it as a dumping ground for undesirables

c) sought to block imperial encroachment by Spain through the Gulf of Mexico region

The Proclamation of 1763 was designed mainly to a) oppress the colonists b) punish the Indians c) work out another fair settlement of the Indian problem and prevent another bloody Indian eruption like Potomac's uprising d) allow western settlements by the colonists

c) work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem and prevent another bloody Indian eruption like Potomac's uprising

Change in the colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the American Revolution involved a) removing British troops from American soil b) beginning a war with Spain c) removing a majority of the British navy from American waters d) compelling the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire

d) compelling the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire

The reason Britain needed to control the Ohio Valley was to a) continue its expansion west in North America and block French land-grabbing and influence b) be able to put more of its settlers there to increase farm production c) stop the Indian attacks on it's outposts d) link it's Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley

d) link it's Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley

The Proclamation of 1763 a) was warmly received by American land speculators b) removed the Spanish and Indian menace from the colonial frontier c) declared war of Chief Potomac and his fierce warriors d) prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

d) prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

From 1668 to 1763, America a) stayed out of European wars if possible b) relied totally on the British for defence c) started wars in Europe d) was involved in every world war that convulsed Europe during this period

d) was involved in every world war that convulsed Europe during this period