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