CATEGORY 1: The War Begins (Lesson 1)
This river valley was wanted by three groups.
👉 What is the Ohio River Valley?
The British suffered many of these at the beginning of the war.
👉 What are defeats?
This British leader created a new strategy and helped turn the war around.
👉 Who was William Pitt?
After the war, Britain was left in serious ______.
👉 What is debt?
Money that is owed.
👉 What is debt?
This young Virginian officer was sent to the Ohio River Valley in 1754.
👉 Who is George Washington?
This British general marched his soldiers in straight lines through the forest.
👉 Who was General Braddock?
Fort Duquesne was renamed this after the British captured it.
👉 What is Fort Pitt?
This 1763 law stopped colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
👉 What is the Proclamation of 1763?
An official announcement made by a government.
👉 What is a proclamation?
The French wanted the Ohio River Valley mainly for this trade.
👉 What is the fur trade?
The French and Native Americans used these surprise fighting methods.
👉 What are tactics (guerrilla tactics)?
The capture of this city in 1759 was a major turning point.
👉 What is Quebec?
The boundary line was created along these mountains.
👉 What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Land at the edge of settled territory.
👉 What is the frontier?
These three groups wanted land in the Ohio River Valley.
👉 Who were Native Americans, French trappers, and English settlers?
After Braddock was defeated, this future leader helped organize the retreat.
👉 Who was George Washington?
This treaty officially ended the war in 1763.
👉 What is the Treaty of Paris?
Britain believed colonists should help pay for this.
👉 What is the war?
The power to make decisions and enforce laws.
👉 What is authority?
This Native American confederacy controlled many tribes in the Northeast.
👉 Who were the Iroquois (Six Nations)?
Fighting in North America was different from fighting in this continent.
👉 What is Europe?
After the treaty, Britain gained control of most of this land.
👉 What is Canada (or French land in North America)?
Disagreements between Britain and the colonies increased this.
👉 What is tension?
A formal agreement that ends a war.
👉 What is a treaty?