Chapter 6

Question 1

Where were the French?

Answer 1

Canada, a little bit of West Indies, Louisiana & Ohio River Valley

Question 2

Robert de la Salle

Answer 2

Claimed Mississippi River for France, made New Orleans

Question 3

Coureurs de Bois

Answer 3

Trade fur/hunt beavers for fur

Question 4

French Religion

Answer 4

Catholic

Question 5

Jesuit meaning

Answer 5

French Catholic Missionaries

Question 6

Antoine Cadillac

Answer 6

Founded Detroit

Question 7

Why New Orleans important?

Answer 7

Bottom of Mississippi so get all goods, easy transport down river, have control of river

Question 8

Nova Scotia

Answer 8

England take control, name New Scotland

Question 9

What do England and French fight over? Why?

Answer 9

Ohio River Valley; Tons of beavers (French) and fertile soil/best farmland (English)

Question 10

French and Indian War

Answer 10

1754-1763, England and France at war in Europe so have to be at war in New World too

Question 11

First expedition to Fort Duquesne:

Answer 11

George Washington (21), 1754, beaten back at Fort Necessity on July 4, 1754

Question 12

Irony

Answer 12

Something that shouldn’t be a coincidence (July 4 = Washington defeat & future victory)

Question 13

William Pitt

Answer 13

Pittsburgh named after him, said “America was conquered in Germany”, English prime minister

Question 14

What did Fort Duquesne become

Answer 14

Pittsburgh

Question 15

Prime minister

Answer 15

not voted on by people, parliament decides

Question 16

Cartoon of snake

Answer 16

Ben Franklin, Join or Die against the French

Question 17

Albany Congress

Answer 17

Franklin tried to tie colonies together against the French

Question 18

Albany Plan of Union

Answer 18

At Albany Congress, was to be plan to fight against French, didn’t work b/c 7/13 colonies showed up

Question 19

3 r’s of education

Answer 19

Reading, writing, arithmetic

Question 20

Braddock

Answer 20

English General with 2000 men, got killed before reaching Fort Duquesne

Question 21

Guerilla Warfare

Answer 21

Unconditional warfare, not what English used to

Question 22

Regular vs. Buckskin

Answer 22

Regular = professional British soldier
Buckskin = Americans in militia units

Question 23

Militia

Answer 23

Civilian soldier (farmer w/ gun)

Question 24

William Pitt, what do?

Answer 24

“Organizer of Victory”, attacks Quebec and Montreal instead of woods; 1759 Quebec fell, Montreal in 1760

Question 25

Treaty of Paris & what each side got

Answer 25

1763, England got all Canada, Appalachian mountains, to the Mississippi and Ohio River Valley, and Florida Spain (because sided with France) got land West of Mississippi France just got Haiti

Question 26

Treaty

Answer 26

agreement, sign to end war

Question 27

What did Americans gain from winning French/Indian war?

Answer 27

Confidence and self respect (tension with Britain grew)

Question 28

Pontiac's Rebellion

Answer 28

1763, Ottawa chief led Ottawa tribes to kill and go on warpath against frontier

Question 29

Proclamation Act

Answer 29

1763, Issued by King George the 3rd, proclaims Americans can't go past Appalachians (for their protection)

Question 30

Biological Warfare

Answer 30

Using viruses to kill people (blankets with smallpox to Pontiac & tribes)