History Quiz

This fort was captured by the British in 1758.

• Fort Duquesne

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Fort William Henry

• Fort Necessity

He became prime minister and secretary of state of Great Britain in 1758.

• William Pitt

• Robert Walpole

• George Grenville

• Spencer Perceval

He was sent to drive the French away from Fort Duquesne in 1754.

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

This land caused disputes between the French and British.

• Ohio Valley

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

• Great Lakes

This was signed after the French and Indian War.

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Tordesillas

This was the battle that forced France to surrender.

• Battle of Quebec

• Battle of Waterloo

• Battle of Trafalgar

• Battle of Hastings

Trade between Africa, the West Indies, and New England was called this.

• triangular trade

• silk road

• spice route

• transatlantic exchange

These were British laws to regulate trade between the colonies and other countries.

• Navigation Acts

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

This was the practice of regulating colonial trade for the profit of the home country.

• mercantilism

• capitalism

• feudalism

• socialism

Most of all, Great Britain wanted the colonies to be ______.

• A free and independent

• B profitable trade centers

• C cultural centers

• D self-governing states