American Pageant: Chapter 6 p. 105-121
1. Which 3 Old World nations were involved in the French and Indian War?
2. What was another name for the French and Indian War?
France Finds a Foothold in Canada
3. What factors delayed French colonization until the 17th century?
4. What was the significance of the Edict of Nantes?
5. Who was Samuel de Champlain?
6. What was the long-term result of the French alliance with the Huron?
7. How did the political rights of the colonists in New France compare to those enjoyed by the British
colonists?
8. What factors prevented massive French migration to the New World?
New France Fans Out
9. What was the chief economic activity engaged in by the French in America and how did this economic
activity affect the Indians?
10. What was the significance of the Jesuits?
11.
Person
Antoine Cadillac
Robert de La Salle
Place/Contribution
12. Why was New Orleans such a valuable port?
The Clash of Empires
13. What were the results of the British victory in Queen Anne’s War and the Treaty of Utrecht?
14. Which American colonies were most affected by the War of Jenkin’s Ear?
15. Which American colonies were most affected by King George’s War?
George Washington Inaugurates War with France
16. Why did the Ohio River Valley become a source of conflict between the French and English?
17. Were the American colonists reluctant to support the British crown in fighting the French? Why or why
not?
18. Why was Fort Duquesne so important?
19. Explain who George Washington was, his role, and outcome of his actions at Fort Duquesne and Fort
Necessity.
20. What happened to the French Acadians?
Global War and Colonial Disunity
21. What was the goal of the Albany Plan of Union?
22. Describe the political cartoon below. Answer the following questions: Who, What, When, Why?
23. What was Franklin’s role in the Albany Plan?
24. Why did the plan meet with opposition from some colonies?
25. Why did the plan meet with opposition from London?
Braddock’s Blundering and Its Aftermath
26. How did Braddock feel about colonial methods of warfare?
27. What caused Braddock’s defeat?
28. What was the problem with Britain’s strategy in the war?
Pitt’s Palms of Victory
29. Who was William Pitt?
30. How did Pitt change the conduct of the war after Braddock’s defeat?
31. What was significant about Louisbourg?
32. Describe the Battle of Quebec.
33. Who won the war?
34. What significant changes in geopolitical boundaries (national lines on the map) resulted from the Treaty of
Paris of 1763?
Restless Colonists
35. How did the war affect:
a. American military confidence?
b. British officers’ respect for the American militia?
c. British respect for American patriotism during the war?
36. How had Pitt secured American cooperation for the war effort?
37. Name the causes of colonial disunity.
38. Explain the affects of the war on colonial unity and interdependence.
39. Read the Burnaby quotation on p. 120: Did the British think Americans would unite?
War’s Fateful Aftermath
40. Explain how the end of the war might have spurred American ideas of independence.
41. What were effects of the peace treaty on Indians?
42. Who was Pontiac’s and why did he rebel?
43. What were the immediate and long-term British reactions to Pontiac’s Rebellion?
44. Describe the Proclamation of 1763.
45. Did Americans obey the Proclamation?
46. How did the Proclamation of 1763 increase tension between Britain and her colonies?