Causes of the French and Indian War

What geographical feature is located between the Ohio River Basin and the Atlantic Ocean?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Ohio River Valley

• Gulf of Mexico

• Lake Ontario

How did European powers protect their land claims in North America?

• building forts

• sending colonist

• using troops

• all of these are correct

What was one of the causes of the French and Indian War?

• French attack on Fort Necessity

• British attacked French forts

• French attacked British colonies

• Virginia militia attacked French

What treaty ended the French and Indian War?

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Utrecht

• Treaty of Tordesillas

What was the primary reason for European colonization in North America?

• Trade with Native Americans

• Escape from religious persecution

• Search for gold and other resources

• All of the above

Which Native American group did the British try to make an alliance with?

• Iroqouis

• Algonquin

• Ojibwa

• Shawnee

Match the following

• Fort Necessity

• Benjamin Franklin

• Ottawa chief

• Pontiac

• Albany Plan of Union

• George Washington

What advantage did the French have at the start of the French and Indian War?

• allies with Native Americans

• large population in colonies

• access to Atlantic Ocean

• professional fighting force

What was the result of the Albany Plan of Union?

• colonist formed a united colonial government

• no colonial assembly was willing to give up power

• colonies began to work against the French

• George Washington was made president

What did Benjamin Franklin mean in the following quote "Everybody cries, a Union is absolutely necessary; but when they come to the manner and form of the union, [they] are perfectly distracted?"

• no colonial government wanted to give up power to a central authority

• people supported a Union but didn't know how

• the French were too powerful to defeat

• Native Americans should be included in government