Chapter 6 Packet

Pontiac's fierce attack on frontier outposts in 1763 had the effect of.... a. ending good American-Indian relations of the frontier b. reviving French hopes for a new war c. convincing the British to keep troops stationed in the colonies d. stopping the flow of westward settlement

C

The French and Indian War created conflict between the British and the American military because.... a. the american soldiers had failed to support the British military effort b. the British regulars had carried the brunt of the fighting c. British officers treated the American colonial militia with contempt d. American soldiers refused to accept orders from British officers

C

The effect on the colonists of the French removal from North America was.... a. to increase their gratitude to Britain for defending them in the war b. to create new threats to colonial expansion from Spain and the Indians c. to reduce the colonies' reliance on Britain and increase their sense of independence d. to focus colonial energies on trade

C

The original cause of the French and Indian War was.... a. conflict in Europe between Britain and France b. British removal of the "Acadian" French settles from Nova Scotia c. competition between French and English colonials for land in the Ohio River valley d. a French attack on George Washington's Virginia headquarters

C

Led to Washington's expedition and battle with the French at Fort Necessity

Competition for land and furs in the Ohio Valley

The French and Indian War weakened interior Indian peoples like the Iroquois and Creeks by.... a. established new American settlements on their territory b. eliminating their most effective leaders c. ending their hopes for diplomatic recognition in Europe d. removing their French and Spanish allies from Canada and Florida

D

Inland river territory, scene of fierce competition between the French and land speculating English colonists

Ohio River Valley

Indian leader whose frontier uprising caused British to attempt to limit colonial frontier expansion

Pontiac

Document that aroused colonial anger but failed to stop frontier expansion

Proclamation of 1763

Fortress boldly assaulted by General Wolfe, spelling doom for New France

Quebec

William Pitt's successful strategy in the French and Indian War was to concentrate British forces and try to capture the strongholds of Louisborg, Quebec, and Montreal.

True (MOST IMPORTANT ON IS QUEBEC)

Animal whose rely provided great profits for the French empire and enhanced European fashion at enormous ecological cost

beaver

increased British government's disdain for colonial Americans and distrust of their loyalty to the empire

colonial American smuggling and training with French enemy

Increased colonial military confidence and resentment of British redcoats

colonial militia's military success in French and Indian War

The American colonists enthusiastically united in patriotic support of the British cause against the French

false

The French and Indian War left France with only Louisiana as a remnant of its once might North American empire

false

the conflict between English colonials and French arose because of French colonists and fur traders were encroaching into New England and Virginia.

false; Ohio River Valley

the French empire in North America rested on the economic foundation of forestry and sugar production

false; fur trade

American soldiers gained new respect for British military men after the British success against the French

false; hatred not respect

George Washington;s battle at Fort Necessity substantially resolved the issue of control of the Ohio River Valley

false; starts the French and Indian War

The "buckskin" colonial soldiers whose military success did nothing to alter British officers' contempt

militia

decimated beaver populations while spreading French empire

the French fur trade

were echoed by four small wars between French and British subjects in North America

the four "world wars" between 1688 and 1763

represented the first major attempt at intercolonial unity

the summoning of the Albany Congress by the British

French colonialism was delayed by internal religious and political conflict

true

The Albany Congress demonstrated a strong desire among some English colonists to overcome their differences and control their own affairs

true

The British government's attempt to prohibit colonial expansion across the Appalachian Mountains aroused colonial anger and defiance of the law.

true

The removal of the French threat made American colonists more secure and therefore less reliant on the mother country fro protection

true

early imperial conflicts in North America often saw the French and their Indian allies engaging in guerrilla warfare against British frontier outposts

true

Colonial Americas were unhappy after the peace treaty following the "War of Jenkin's Ear" because... a. it failed to settle the issue that had caused the war b. it gave the Louisbourg fortress they had captured back to France c. it created further conflicts with Spain d. it failed to deal with the issue of Indian attacks on the frontier

A

The British forces suffered early defeats in the French and Indian War under the overall command of.... a. General Braddock b. General Washington c. General Wolfe d. General Montcalm

A

The French and Indian War eventually became part of the larger world conflict known as... a. the Seven Years' War b. the War of Jenkins's Ear c. the War of the Austrian Succession d. King George's War

A

Unification effort that Benjamin Franklin nearly inspired to success by eloquent leadership and cartoon artistry

Albany Plan of Union

Among the factors that tended to promote intercolonial unity during the French and Indian War was... a. religious unity b. common language and wartime experience c. ethnic and social humanity d. improved transportation and settlement of boundary disputes

B

Benjamin Franklin's attempt to create intercolonial unity at the Albany Congress resulted in.... a. a permanent cooperative organization of the colonies b. rejection of the congress's proposal for colonial home rule by London and by the individual colonies c. a sharp increase in Indian attacks on colonial settlements d. a growing colonial sympathy with France in the war against Britain.

B

Compared with the English colonies, New France was... a. more wealthy and successful b. better able to maintain consistently friendly relations with the Indians c. more heavily populated d. more autocratically governed

B

The British Proclamation of 1763.... a. was welcome by most American colonists b. angered colonists who thought that it deprived them of the fruits of victory c. was aimed at further suppressing the French population of Canada d. halted American westward settlement for several years

B

The decisive event in the French-British contest for North America was.... a. the British capture of Fort Duquesne b. the British victory in the Battle of Quebec c. the American capture of the Louisbourg fortress d. the British attack on the West Indies

B

The expansion of New France occurred especially... a. in the interior mountain areas b. along the paths of lakes and rivers c. in areas already occupied by English settlers d. to the north of the original St. Lawrence River settlement

B

Advocate of colonial unity at the unsuccessful Albany Congress

Benjamin Franklin

Prompted widespread Indian assaults on the weakly defended colonial frontier

Braddock's defeat at Fort Duquesne

Heightened colonial anger and encouraged illegal westward expansion

British issuance of the Proclamation of 1763

British regular troops under General Braddock succeeded in capturing the key French forts in the Ohio Valley

False, he didn't succeed a lot

Strategic French stronghold, later renamed after a great British statesman

Fort Duquesne

Blundering British officer whose defeat gave the advantage to the French and Indians in the early phase of the war

General Braddock

Military aide of British General Braddock and defender of the frontier after Braddock's defeat

George Washington

Militia commander whose frontier skirmish touched off a world war

George Washington

Conflict that, in Europe, pitted France against Britain's ally Frederick the Great of Prussia

Seven Years' War

Splendid British political orator and organizer of the winning and strategy against the French in North America

William Pitt

ended a string of defeats and turned French and Indian War in Britain's favor

William Pitt's assumption of control of British government and strategy

Resulted in decisive French defeat and British domination of North America

Wolfe's victory over Montcalm at Quebec