Lesson 1
Robert La Salle planned to travel west and take control of the ______________ in New Spain.
a. ports
b. plantations
c. cities
d. silver mines
d. silver mines
Why did the French and the British go to war in 1754?
a. The French helped the Iroquois
b. The French wanted control of Mexico
c. The British helped the Huron
d. Both wanted the Ohio River Valley
d. Both wanted the Ohio River Valley
Great Britain raised taxes on the colonists to pay for __________.
a. tobacco from the colonies
b. the French and Indian War
c. the Revolutionary War
d. stamps
b. the French and Indian War
The victory at Fort Ticonderoga was unique because the fort was captured ____________.
a. in the afternoon
b. without firing a shot
c. by the British
d. by the French
b. without firing a shot
A _______ is a river or stream that flows into a larger river.
tributary
territory
French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of 1763
tributary
The French control of the Louisiana Territory prevented the British from expanding to the _____________?
a. east
b. north
c. south
d. west
d. west
After the war, Great Britain claimed _________________?
a. Haiti
b. France
c. all of France's colonies in North America
d. all of Europe and Asia
c. all of France's colonies in North America
What event took place when 5 unarmed colonists were shot by British soldiers?
a. the Stamp Act
b. the Boston Tea Party
c. the Boston Massacre
d. the Treaty of Paris
c. the Boston Massacre
The weapon that was very successful in pushing the British out of Boston was.
a. bombs
b. machine guns
c. cannons
d. muskets
c. cannons
An area of land controlled by another country is a __________________.
tributary
territory
French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of 1763
territory
____________ was the largest French settlement.
a. Duquesne
b. New Orleans
c. d'Iberville
d. St. Ignace
b. New Orleans
William Pitt helped the British win the war by
_____________.
a. writing the treaty of Paris
b. issuing the Proclamation of 1763
c. giving money to the British
d. giving money to the French
c. giving money to the British
What does intolerable mean?
a. acceptable
b. forgetful
c. unbearable
d. joyful
c. unbearable
The date of Paul Revere's ride was...?
a. April 18, 1875
b. April 18, 1775
c. April 17, 1918
c. April 17, 1975
b. April 18, 1775
The ______________was an agreement of peace between the French and the British.
tributary
territory
French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Paris
A levee is a _______________.
a. low fence
b. flat grassy plain
c. small boat
d. barrier wall or mound
d. barrier wall or mound
What was the first major war?
a. the fur trade war
b. war in the Middle Colonies
c. European wars
d. the French and Indian War
d. the French and Indian War
Which of the following is the best definition of minutemen?
a. delegates from the colonies
b. soldiers who were ready to fight
c. British officers and troops in America
d. colonists who were loyal to Great Britain
b. soldiers who were ready to fight
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All land west of the Appalachian Mountains was set aside for Native American groups by the ____________.
tributary
territory
French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763
Jean-Baptist Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville founded what?
a. Louisiana
b. New Orleans
c. Atlanta
d. Georgia
b. New Orleans
England, France, and ____________ settled North America.
a. Spain
b. China
c. Portugal
d. Austria
a. Spain
The colonists fought ___________ during the Revolutionary War.
a. Spain
b. Great Britain
c. France
d. the Iroquois
b. Great Britain
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The French and the Wyandot fought the British in the ___________________.
tributary
territory
French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of 1763
French and Indian War