French Exploration and Expansion
What French explorer founded Quebec in 1608, earning the title "Father of New France"?
Samuel de Champlain
What war, fought between 1754 and 1763, was known as the French and Indian War in America?
The Seven Years' War
What British policy, providing the American colonies with a period of relative autonomy, followed the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713?
Salutary Neglect
What system awarded land to those who paid the passage of a laborer, contributing to the rise of the great merchant-planters?
The Headright System
What religious group in New France, known for their zeal and dedication, played a key role in converting Native Americans to Christianity?
The Jesuits
What French explorer floated down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico in 1682 and named the region Louisiana?
Robert de La Salle
Which fort, built by the French in the Ohio Valley, was the site of George Washington's first military defeat in 1754?
Fort Duquesne
What 1739 war, named after a British captain's body part, was fought between Britain and Spain?
The War of Jenkins's Ear
What was the name for the "jayle birds," the paupers and convicts involuntarily shipped to America from Britain?
Indentured Servants
What common remedy for smallpox, used by early colonists, involved inoculation with a small dose of the virus?
Variolation
What city, established in 1718, became a strategic French outpost at the mouth of the Mississippi River?
New Orleans
What British general led the successful assault on Quebec in 1759, a turning point in the French and Indian War?
General James Wolfe
Which Ottawa chief led a violent campaign in 1763 to drive the British out of the Ohio country?
Pontiac
What New England city had the first privately supported circulating library in America, established by Benjamin Franklin?
Philadelphia
What controversial publication by John Peter Zenger led to a landmark trial in 1734-1735 involving seditious libel?
Zenger's Newspaper
Which French governor of New France established a system of seigneuries, or large land grants, along the St. Lawrence River?
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
What treaty, signed in 1763, ended the French and Indian War and resulted in France ceding Canada to Britain?
The Treaty of Paris (1763)
What proclamation issued in 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The Proclamation of 1763
What term describes the seafaring merchants who transported slaves across the Atlantic in the transatlantic slave trade?
Triangular Trade
What musical instrument, derived from African traditions, became part of American culture and contributed to jazz's development?
The Banjo
What settlement was founded in 1701 by Antoine Cadillac to thwart English settlers pushing into the Ohio Valley?
Detroit
What major battle in 1759, where British forces defeated French forces, led to the capture of Quebec?
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham
What year marked the "Salutary Neglect" policy ending, leading to stricter enforcement of British laws in the American colonies?
1763
What profession, related to medicine, often practiced bleeding as a remedy and sometimes took on medical roles in the absence of physicians?
Barbers
What legal defense strategy did Andrew Hamilton use in the Zenger trial to argue for freedom of the press?
The Truth Defense