The French and Indian War

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Who built forts on land claimed by Virginia, prompting the first battles of the French and Indian War?

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France

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Whose defeat at the 1755 Battle of Fort Duquesne sparked the French and Indian War?

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the British

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How does the cartoon depict the American colonies?

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as separate and in danger of destruction

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Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union in 1754?

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Ben Franklin

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Which best describes the Albany Plan of Union?

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It was a failed plan to unite the American colonies.

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The Albany Plan of Union would have granted the American colonies the right to

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impose taxes.

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Under the Albany Plan of Union, the American colonies would have been ruled by

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a grand council and a president general.

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Why did the colonial governments reject the Albany Plan?

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they feared losing power and authority to a central government.

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The British government rejected the Albany Plan of Union because it believed that

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The plan was unnecessary and might lead to colonial independence.

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Which Indigenous group was allied with the British as the French and Indian War began? Options: the Huron, the Ottawa, the Iroquois Confederacy, the Algonquin

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the Iroquois Confederacy