APUSH Chapter 6
In the wake of the Proclamation of 1763
American colonists moves 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 all of its territorial claims to North America
The coureurs de bois were
French fur trappers
The primary thing that the Acadians and Quebecois believed that bound them together was their
French language
New England colonists were outraged when British diplomats returned _________ to France in 1748
Louisbourg
When the Acadians left Canada, they went to
Louisiana
The soldier and explorer whose leadership 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
The disunity that existed in the colonies before the Seven Years' War can be attributed to
all of the above (the enormous distances between the colonies, geographical barriers like rivers, conflicting religions, varied nationalities)
Government in New France (Canada) was
almost completely autocratic
The one valuable resource in New France was
beavers
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
During the seventeenth century, America established the precedent of
being involved in every world war since 1688
French motives in the New World included the desire to
compete with Spain for an empire in America
The War on Jenkins' Ear was
confined to the Caribbean Sea and Georgia
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
France was finally able to join in the scramble for colonies in the New Word 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 sundered from their association with the French in New France in all of the following ways except
exclusion from the fur business
In a sense, te 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 capture of French Canada
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
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 River valley was to
link its Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley
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
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
The population in Catholic New France grew very slowly because
the French government was more concerned with its Caribbean island colonies
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
The War of Jenkins' Ear resulted in
the colony of Georgia fighting the Spanish to a standstill
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
The Proclamation of 1763 was designed manly 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
