French and Indian War Study Guide

The French and British fought over disputed land in the Ohio River Valley. This land was important because ___.

• the French needed a place to settle

• of its lucrative trade routes

• the English had promised to share it with Spain

• the Spanish were moving into the territory

The reason why the French felt threatened by the British interest in the Ohio River Valley was because ___.

• the British were a threat to their fur trade

• the Natives preferred the British in the Ohio Valley

• the French did not have an army

• none of the above

An ally ___

• is the type of weapon used by the soldier during the war

• is a group of soldiers who fight against each other in a war

• joins with another to work towards defeating a common enemy

• is the person with the most power during a conflict

Some of the Native American helped the French in the war instead of the British colonists because ___.

• the French paid the Natives money to fight

• the French did not want to take the Native’s land

• the Natives did not like Washington

• none of the above

The propaganda slogan used as part of the Albany Plan of Union was ____.

• Join, or Leave

• Like It or Leave it

• Get On Board, or Leave

• Join, or Die

The purpose of the Albany Plan of Union was ____.

• to unite the colonies to fight against the French

• to unite the colonies to fight against the Iroquois

• to unite the colonies to fight alongside the French

• to unite the colonies to create a trade agreement with the Native Americans

The Albany Plan of Union failed because ___.

• A. Benjamin Franklin did not explain the plan well enough to the colonists' representatives

• B. the concerns of the Native Americans were not addressed in the Plan

• C. representatives from Virginia did not like the plan

• D. the colonies were not ready to give up their individual powers to form a union

One of the effects of the French and Indian War was the Treaty of Paris which ___.

• marked the end of France’s power in North America

• ended British power in the Americas

• started a war between the Spanish and the Natives

• None of the above

After the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763, North America was divided between ___.

• France and Britain

• France and Spain

• Britain and Spain

• France and the Netherland

The Colonist resented the Proclamation of 1763 because______.

• the British refused to pay them

• the British allowed the French to stay in the Ohio River Valley

• it did not allow them to live in the Ohio River Valley & speculators lost their land

• none of the above