Fighting for Control (S.S. / 8.1)

Why did the French want control of the Ohio Valley?

• Pennsylvania and Virginia colonists saw it as an area of trade and growth.

• It was an important link between Canada and Louisiana.

• The natural resources of the Appalachian Mountains were valuable.

• They wanted to form alliances with the Native Americans.

Why did the English colonies not support the Albany Plan?

• The colonies did not want to go to war.

• The colonies did not want to form an alliance with the Iroquois.

• The colonies were not willing to work together for a common goal.

• The colonies were united against the British.

Which of the following was not a result of the Treaty of Paris?

• France gave most of its lands in present-day Canada to Britain.

• Britain received Florida from Spain.

• Britain received New Orleans from the French.

• Spain kept control of land west of the Mississippi River.

What caused Pontiac's Rebellion?

• the loss of Indian hunting lands to settlers

• a territory dispute between Native American tribes

• the departure of the French from North America

• a territory dispute between the French and the British

What was one major cause of the French and Indian War?

• France and Britain both claimed the same lands in North America.

• American colonists wanted independence from Britain.

• Native Americans did not like French people settling on western lands.

• The British government passed new tax laws in the colonies.

What did the British government do to help pay the cost of the French and Indian War?

• It printed colonial currency.

• It forced the colonists to trade only with Britain.

• It passed new tax laws for the colonies.

• It sold western lands to settlers.

A(n) __________ is a formal agreement among groups or individuals.

• alliance

• proclamation

• budget

• delegate

In June 1754, colonial leaders met at Albany, New York, to talk about how to deal with the French forces. Seven colonies sent _________, or representatives, including Ben Franklin.

• delegates

• alliances

• budgets

• proclamations

____________, the lawmaking branch of the British government, sent an army to help fight the French and their Native American allies.

• Parliament

• Delegates

• Representatives

• Executive

Britain's King George III tried to end the fighting in the lands between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River by making a ____________ which said that all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains belonged to Native Americans.

• proclamation

• inflamation

• reformation

• situation