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233174602What three European nations competed for power in the Americas in the late 1600s?England, France, and Spain
233174603Who explored the St. Lawrence, established a French colony at Quebec, and became known as the "Father of New France"?Samuel Champlain
233174604What was the most valuable resource of New France?Beaver
233174605What French explorer founded Detroit?Antoine Cadillac
233174606What French explorer sailed down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico? He named the area Louisiana after the French king, Louis XIV.Robert de La Salle
233174607Place the following in the correct chronological order --- Queen Anne's War, King George's War, the Seven Year's War, and King William's War.King William's War, Queen Anne's War, King George's War, the Seven Year's War.
233174608Explain the British policy of "salutary neglect" toward its American colonies.The British policy of allowing the American colonies to develop without British interference as long as Great Britain was gaining economically.
233174609What angered New Englanders about the 1748 treaty that ended King George's War?New England militiamen had attacked and captured Fort Louisbourg (Cape Breton Island) independently of the British. The British then gave the fort back to the French at the end of the war. This made the New Englanders feel their sacrifices during the war had been pointless.
233174610What area in America was the scene of the primary fighting between the British and French forces?the Ohio Valley
233174611What Virginian did the British send into the disputed territoy to determine the motives and activities of the French?George Washington
233174612What was the name of the hurriedly constructed fort built by the Virginians for defense against the French in 1754?Fort Necessity
233174613What was the Seven Years War called in the british American colonies?the French and Indian War
233174614Which of the four wars for empire between the British and the French actually began in the Americas and then spread to the European mainland and beyond?the Seven Year's War 9of the French and Indian War)
233174615What was the dual purpose of the 1754 Albany Conference?1. Convince the Iroquois Indians to fight alongside the British against the French. 2. To convince all of the American colonies to show greater unity in fighting the French.
233174616Who designed the famous "Join or Die" cartoon?Benjamin "I know I am the greatest' Franklin
233174617In 1755 the British sent in troops (british regulars and colonial militiamen) to the Ohio Valley? What British officer commanded these troops and what Virginia Lt. Colonel commanded the colonial forces?British General - William Braddock American Colonial Commander - George Washington
233174618What were the two French strongholds in Canada?Quebec and Montreal
233174619Name the British Prime Minister who turned the French and Indian War around in favor of the BritishWilliam Pitt
233174620Name three provisions of the Treaty of Paris (1763) which ended the Seven Year's War?1. France was removed as a power from North America. 2. France gave Louisiana to Spain. 3. Spain gave Florida to the British.
233174621Name an important result of the French and Indian War.For the Americans, the myth of British invincibility was shattered.
233174622Name one cause of colonial disunity at the end of the French and Indian War.i.e. enormous distances, geographical barriers, conflicting resourves, nationalities, differing types of colonial governments, boundry disputes, resentment of backcountry "pioneers" towards the eastern elites.
233174623Name the Native American who lead several tribes in an unsuccessful revolt against the whites who were encroaching on Indian lands in the Ohio Valley?Pontiac
233174624What did the Proclamation of 1763 state?The colonists were forbided to cross the Appalachian Mountains and settle western lands.
233174625What was King George's War also called?The War of Jenkin's Ear
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233205584North America in 1763

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