USH Exit Ticket #1

8.1.2 | Why was the Ohio River important to the French?

• It was essential for American Indian allies.
• It provided a way to ship lumber for French shipbuilding.
• It was close to an area that the British were turning into farmland.
• It linked their Great Lakes claims with their settlements along the Mississippi River.

8.1.2 | American Indians chose to participate in the French and Indian War in order to

• increase their influence with the Europeans.
• protect the colonists from further conflict.
• acquire European weapons from either side.
• protect their lands from further settlement.

What was the significance of the place where the French built Fort Duquesne and where George Washington was order to build a fort?

• It was in the middle of rich agriculture lands.
• It was the eastern border of the Ohio River.
• It was near rivers important for controlling the Ohio Valley
• It was an area of importance to many American Indian groups.

8.1.2 | The Treaty of Paris of 1763 was significant for the British because they

• allowed the French to maintain control of Canada.
• gained control of most of the French land east of the Mississippi.
• gave Spain most of the French islands in the West Indies.
• gained the port city of New Orleans to expand trade.

What was the primary purpose of the Albany Plan of Union proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754?

• To declare independence from Great Britain.

• To establish a unified colonial defense and governance system.

• To create a new monetary system for the colonies.

• To form trade agreements with Native American tribes