The British tried to repay their debt from the French and Indian War by

borrowing money from other countries

selling plots of land in North America to the French

sending more colonists to North America to collect resources

Native Americans lived in North America for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. They lived in independent nations with their own territories and languages. They had their own forms of government. They had feuds and alliances with other Native American nations. By the middle of the 1700s, both France and Great Britain had busy colonies in North America. Britain had the thirteen colonies along the East Coast. They settled towns and villages and cleared land for farming. The French claimed the land north and west of the British colonies. The French were mostly trappers and traders. Because they did not claim land for farming and were generally respectful, the French had comparatively good relationships with many Native American nations. How did British colonists differ from French colonists in the 1700s?

The British settled towns and farms, while the French mostly trapped and traded.

The British did not claim land for farming, but the French did.

The British settled in only one area, while the French established thirteen colonies.

The French did not interact with the Native American tribes, while the British established good relationships with them.

In the 1750s, Native American nations, the French and British got into a conflict over the Ohio River Valley. The land was valuable to all three groups. Native American nations such as the Anishinaabe, Ottawa, Delaware and some of the Iroquois had lived on the land for hundreds of years. The British colonists were running out of space on the East Coast and needed to expand. Some Virginia planters even got a charter from the king to start selling land along the Ohio River. The French liked the region because it had a lot of valuable game for trapping and was accessible by many waterways. The deputy governor of Virginia sent a young major named George Washington to ask the French to leave the area in 1753. The French refused. They chased Washington and his men away. Who claimed the territory of the Ohio River Valley?

Native American nations, the French and the British

the British and many Native American nations

In 1754, Washington returned to the Ohio River Valley to build a fort. When he and his men arrived, they discovered that the French were building their own fort. The two groups had a brief struggle, and a French captain was killed. The French retaliated and captured the British fort. Tension between the two countries grew. Both France and Britain sent more troops to North America. Britain officially declared war on France in 1756. At first, the French had the advantage. They built alliances with Native American nations like the Huron. The Native Americans shared their fighting strategies with the French. They used camouflage to hide themselves and their weapons from the British. This confused the British, who fought in straight lines on open fields. For the first two years of the war, Britain suffered major losses. Why did the British suffer many losses at the beginning of the war?

The French and Native Americans used tactics like camouflage, confusing the British.

The French outnumbered the British.

The French army was stronger and better trained.

The French and Native Americans fought battles in straight lines on open fields, confusing the British.

Though in America we call the war the French and Indian War, the war was between the British and the French. The Native Americans fought on both sides. The war was actually just a piece of a larger war being fought all over the world. The British and French were colonizing territories across the globe. They were not just fighting for access to the Ohio River Valley. They were fighting each other to determine who would be the most important colonial power in the world. Whoever got the most territory would win. This is why they fought so hard for land in North America. During this period, French and British troops were also fighting over colonies in South America, India and West Africa. In Britain, the whole war is called the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War...

was part of a larger war between Britain and France.

was a war only between the French and the Native Americans.

took place in France and India.

In 1758 Britain found a new strategy. Secretary of State William Pitt became commander-in-chief of the army. He sent more money and more troops to North America. The British formed an alliance with the Iroquois, a very strong Native American nation. The Iroquois had a long feud with the Huron, who were helping the French. Pitt decided to focus on the big French forts, like Niagara, Quebec and Montreal. As they captured each fort, the British cut off support for French troops. The British captured Montreal in 1760. This ended much of the fighting of the war. France and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris in 1763. In the treaty, all the French lands in present-day Canada and from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River were given to the British. Which of the following contributed to Britain’s victory in the war?

General Pitt sending more money and troops to the colonies

the British forming an alliance with the Iroquois nation

a strategy of capturing French forts

The British won the war and were given a huge area of land. After 1763, they claimed all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, as well as all of Canada. But Britain had just spent seven years fighting an exhausting war in several different countries. Paying for all that fighting cost an enormous amount of money, and they were deeply in debt. The British government could not afford to govern all the new land they’d acquired. To solve the debt problem, Parliament decided to tax the American colonists. To solve the governing problem, they issued the Proclamation of 1763, which kept colonists from settling land west of the Appalachian Mountains. Because of the war, the colonists had gained military experience. They knew they were stronger together than they were apart. They didn’t like being taxed because they had no representation in British Parliament. They were being kept out of the western territory, which they felt was rightfully theirs. The stage was set for a revolution. Which of the following is not a way in which the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution?

The war strengthened ties between the colonists and the Native Americans.

The British enacted new taxes to pay for the war, which angered the colonists.

The colonists became better fighters and discovered what they could do if they banded together.

The colonists were not allowed to settle beyond the Appalachian mountains, which they felt was unfair.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The French and Indian War was a war between

the French and the British only

the French and the Native Americans

the French with their Native American allies and the British

the French with their Native American allies and the British with their colonists and Native American allies

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The relationship between the French and most Native Americans could initially be described as

neutral because the French left the Native Americans alone

negative because the French built farms on Native American land

positive because the French traded with the Native Americans and respected their cultures

negative because the Native Americans felt the French were using too many resources like fur and wood

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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The French and the British were both ________ North America.

enemies of

colonizers of

indigenous to

emigrants from

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The French and Indian War started as a dispute over

Canada

the Mississippi River

the Ohio River Valley

the Appalachian Mountains

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CCSS.RL.8.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The ________ nation fought with the British in the French and Indian War.

Miami

Huron

Iroquois

Anishinaabe

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CCSS.RL.8.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

For the first two years of the French and Indian War, the

French and Native Americans defeated the British in open battle

two sides were equally matched, and there was no clear winner

British beat the French and Native Americans in every encounter

French and Native Americans defeated the British because they used tactics like camouflage

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

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________ sent over more money and troops which helped the British win the war.

Secretary of State William Pitt

Captain George Washington

General James Wolfe

King George III

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CCSS.RL.8.9

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The French & Indian War

The French and Indian War was a war between

The relationship between the French and most Native Americans could initially be described as

The French and the British were both ________ North America.

The French and Indian War started as a dispute over

The ________ nation fought with the British in the French and Indian War.

For the first two years of the French and Indian War, the

________ sent over more money and troops which helped the British win the war.

The British tried to repay their debt from the French and Indian War by

True or False: Before the French and Indian War, the Native American nations all lived in harmony with one another.

Someone who is camouflaged

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