apush ch 6
Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity; (B) General Edward Braddock is defeated near Fort Duquesne; (C) British troops capture Louisbourg in their first significant victory of the French and Indian War; and (D) General James Wolfe's army defeats Montcalm's on the Plains of Abraham.
A, B, C, D
Which of these statements does NOT describe relations between British and colonial troops during the Seven Years' War?
All colonists freely donated money and men to the cause.
In the wake of the Proclamation of 1763
American colonists moved west, defying the Proclamation.
During the Seven Years' War
British officials were disturbed by the lukewarm support of many colonials.
In the peace arrangements that ended the Seven Years' War
France surrendered to Great Britain all of its territorial claims to North America
The coureurs de bois were
French fur trappers.
The population in Catholic New France grew very slowly because
French peasants had no economic motive to move to the colonies
New England colonists were outraged when British diplomats returned ____ to France in 1748
Louisbourg
All of the following were allies on one side of the French and Indian War except
Prussia
The soldier and explorer whose leadership in establishing French colonies earned him the title "Father of New France" was
Samuel de Champlain
With the British and American victory in the Seven Years' War
a new spirit of independence arose, as the French threat disappeared.
The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to
achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat
Government in New France (Canada) was
almost completely autocratic
As a result of the Seven Years' War, Great Britain
became the dominant power in North America.
With the end of the Seven Years' War, the disunity, jealousy, and suspicion that had long existed in the American colonies
began to melt somewhat.
French motives in the New World included the desire to
compete with Spain for an empire in America.
The War of Jenkins's Ear was
confined to the Caribbean Sea and Georgia.
The disunity that existed in the colonies before the Seven Years' War can be attributed to all of the following except
contempt for the British government
The reason Britain needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
continue its expansion west and block French land-grabbing and influence.
During a generation of peace following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, Britain provided its American colonies with
decades of salutary neglect
In the colonial wars before 1754, Americans
demonstrated an astonishing lack of unity
For Indians, the Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years' War
eliminated their ability to play off rival European powers against each other
France was finally able to join in the scramble for colonies in the New World as a result of the
end of the religious wars.
The British invasion of Canada in 1756 during the Seven Years' War
ended in defeat
For the American colonies, the Seven Years' War
ended the myth of British invincibility
The Indians suffered from their association with the French in New France in all of the following ways except
exclusion from the fur business
In a sense, the history of the United States began with the
fall of Quebec and Montreal.
When William Pitt became prime minister during the Seven Years' War, he
focused his military strategy on the Quebec-Montreal area.
The primary economic pursuit of early settlers in New France was
fur trapping.
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.
All of the following are true about the War of Jenkins's Ear except
it resulted in France allying itself with Britain.
France had to give up its vision of a North American New France when
it was defeated by the British in 1713 and 1763.
The immediate purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754 was to
keep the Iroquois tribes loyal to the British
The reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
link its Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley.
During the early settlement of Quebec, French-Indian relations
meant an alliance with the Hurons that inspired the lasting hatred of the Iroquois.
Colonists emerged from the French and Indian War
more confident in their military strength.
The Jesuit priests, despite their initial failure in gaining converts, played a vital role because
of their exploration and work as geographers.
The Proclamation of 1763
prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
Benjamin Franklin published in his Pennsylvania Gazette his most famous cartoon of the colonial era, a disjointed snake, which
promoted the idea that if the colonies did not stand united against France, they would fall apart and die.
The 1759 Battle of Quebec
ranks as one of the most significant victories in British and American history.
With the defeat of Chief Pontiac and his alliance, the British decided to
stabilize Indian-white relations.
The Seven Years' War was also known in America as
the French and Indian War
Chief Pontiac decided to try to drive the British out of the Ohio Valley because
the Indians were in a precarious position.
The clash between Britain and France for control of the North American continent sprang from their rivalry for control of
the Ohio River Valley.
As a result of General Braddock's defeat a few miles from Fort Duquesne
the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina was open to Indian attack
Unlike the English colonies in America, in New France
there were no popularly elected assemblies
The early wars between France and Britain in North America were notable for the
use of primitive guerrilla warfare.
In his first military command in the French and Indian War, George Washington
was defeated at Fort Necessity but was allowed to retreat
Unlike the first three Anglo-French wars, the Seven Years' War
was fought initially on the North American continent
From 1688 to 1763, America
was involved in every world war
The Proclamation of 1763 was designed mainly to
work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem.
The French wanted to control Louisiana because they
would then control the mouth of the Mississippi River.