Map Activity: French & Indian War
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Use a desktop map (United States side), your American History textbook and a marker to
complete the following activity. Use your pencil/pen to fill in the blanks on the worksheet.
Great Britain and ___________ competed for colonies and territories in America. British
colonists wanted to settle west of the ________________ Mountains but the territory there was
claimed by France as well as Britain. Both sides also wanted to trade for _________ with the
Indians in that area. The continuing competition led to a series of wars in Europe and America.
The French and ____________War (Seven Years War) was the last of these colonial wars.
1. Turn to page RA7 in your textbook. Use your marker to label the following states (Use
abbreviations):
OHIO (OH)
ILLINOIS (IL)
PENNSYLVANIA (PA)
WISCONSIN (WI)
NEW YORK (NY) MICHIGAN (MI)
VIRGINIA (VA)
KENTUCKY (KY)
2. France built a number of _________ in America in the 1700’s. Their purpose was to protect
French land claims and keep _______________colonists from moving into the Ohio River
Valley.
Turn to page 104 in your textbook. Place small triangles
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on the location of these forts.
Ft. Duquesne-Where the Ohio River borders Pennsylvania
Ft. Niagara- Between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, near Niagara Falls
Ft. Ticonderoga-At the south end of Lake Champlain in New York
Turn to page 101 in your textbook
3. The French had a thriving _____ trade in Ohio River Valley. To protect their trade, the French
built a series of forts from ____________________ south to the ________________________.
The French built a strategic fort in western Pennsylvania called ________________________.
4. In 1754, the governor of Virginia sent George Washington and a ______________, a military
force made up of ordinary citizens, to ask the __________ to leave Ft. Duquesne. Washington’s
troops built a fort of their own called Fort _______________, south of the Ft. Duquesne. They
were attacked and defeated by the French and their ___________ allies. This marked the
beginning of the ________________________________________ War.
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Place a #1 just south of Ft. Duquesne and place an X through it to show a British defeat
Turn to page 102, read “Native American Alliances”
4. To combat French influence on Native Americans, the British tried to form an
_____________, or partnership with the most powerful group of Native Americans in the east
called the ______________ _________________. They refused the partnership, but promised to
remain __________________
5. Ben Franklin led delegates at a meeting in Albany, New York to
discuss how to oppose French colonies. The delegates adopted Ben
Franklin’s _______________________________ for a united
colonial government. However, none of the colonial
_______________ would adopt it.
Read “The French and Indian War” starting on pg. 103
6. For the first years of the war, the _____________ enjoyed much success. Native Americans
allies of the French raided the _____________, or edges of the colonies.
7. The a turning point in the war came in 1757 when ____________________ become prime
minister of Britain. He sent more troops and spent more money in America. In 1758, British
forces scored a huge victory in present-day Nova Scotia at ____________________________
 Place a #2 at Ft. Louisbourg and circle it for a British victory
8. A British force took back Ft. Duquense later in the year and renamed it ________________
 Cross out the triangle where Ft. Duquense was and label it Ft. Pitt, 1758
9. In 1759 British armies captured Ft. Ticonderoga and Ft. Niagara and paved the way for an
invasion of Canada.
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Place the #3 near Ft. Ticonderoga and circle it to show a British victory.
Place the #4 near Ft. Niagara and circle it to show a British victory.
10. The war came to a conclusion with decisive battles in Canada. The British under General
James Wolfe attacked the French Canadian capital of ______________ on the battlefield known
as the “Plains of Abraham.” The last major battle was fought in 1760 at _______________
where the British also won.
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Place the #5 at the location of Quebec and circle it to show a British victory.
Place the #6 at the location of Montreal and circle it to show a British victory.
11. The French and Indian War ended with the ________________________ of 1763. France
gave most of ________________ and most of its lands east of the _____________________
River to Great Britain. Great Britain also received ________________ from France’s ally
_____________.
 Write GB in Canada to show Great Britain’s land gain
 Write GB between the Mississippi River & Appalachian Mountains to show Great
Britain’s land gain
 Write GB in Florida to show Great Britain’s land gain
12. After the French surrendered the Indians joined together under the leadership of Chief
______________. They organized a series of attacks against the British in the area that is now
Michigan. The Indian attacks ended when they failed to capture Ft. Detroit.
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Place “P” at the location of Detroit to show where Pontiac’s Rebellion ended.
13. Tensions with American Indians worried British officials. King George III issued the
_____________________ of 1763. This law banned British settlement west of the
_____________________ Mountains.
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Draw a line along the Appalachian Mountains starting in Georgia and continuing to Ft.
Ticonderoga. Label the line Proclamation of 1763.