Chapter 6
Government in new France (Canada) was
...almost completely autocratic
With the British and American victory in the French and Indian war
A new spirit of independence arose as the French threat disappeared
The long-range purpose of the Albaneen Congress in 1754 it was too
Achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat
The one valuable resource in new France was
Beavers
As a result of the French and Indian war Great Britain
Became the dominant power in North America
With the end of the French and Indian war the disunity jealousy and suspicion that had long is existed in the American colonies
Began to melt somewhat
During the French and Indian war
British officials were disturbed by Luke warm support of many colonials
French motives in the New World included the desire to
Compete with Portugal for an empire in America
For the American colonies the French and Indian war
Ended myth of British invincibility
Indian suffered from their association with the French in New France in all the following ways except
Exclusion from the fur business
When William Pitt became Prime Minister during the French and Indian war he
Focused his military strategy on the capture of French Canada
In the peace arrangements that ended the French and Indian war
France surrendered all of its territorial claims to north America
The coureurs de bois were
French fur trappers
Benjamin Franklin's plan for colonial home rule was rejected by the individual colonies because
It did not seem to give enough independence to the colonies
The immediate purpose of the album any Congress of 1754 was to
Keep the Iroquois tribe loyal to the British?
A key reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
Link it's Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley
When the Acadians left Canada they went to
Louisiana
The proclamation of 1763
Prohibited colonial settlement west of Appalachian Mountains
In the wake of the proclamation of 1763
The American colonies believe their destiny had been destroyed
The climactic clash between Britain and France for control of the North American continent spring from their rivalry for control of
The Ohio River Valley
The disunity that existed in the Colonies before the French and Indian war can be attributed to
The enormous distances between the colonies, geographical barriers like rivers, conflicting the religions, varied nationalities. (all of the above)
The French and Indian war was also known in Europe as
The seven years war
In his first military command in the French and Indian war George Washington
Was defeated but was allowed to retreat
The proclamation of 1763 was issued mainly to
Work out a fair settlement of Indian problem
The French wanted to control Louisiana because they
Would then control the mouth of the Mississippi