EARLY CONFLICTS
This conflict was fueled by competition for wealth and land in North America.
What is the rivalry between Great Britain and France?
This young Virginian delivered a warning to the French in the Ohio Valley in 1753.
Who is George Washington?
The French focused on this economic activity, which made them allies with many Native Americans.
What is the fur trade?
Person who proposed Albany Plan
Benjamin Franklin
Who named "Garden of World"?
Nathaniel Ames
The region that became a flashpoint for British and French tensions in North America.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
Virginia governor who sent Washington to remove the French
Robert Dinwiddie
The Native American group that balanced power by trading with both Britain and France.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
This was the main purpose of the Albany Plan of Union.
What is to unite the colonies for defense and cooperation?
This British fort was attacked by the French in the Ohio Valley during the 1740s.
What is Pickawillany?
The British fort established at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, later overshadowed by a French fort.
What is Fort Necessity?
Number of militia men Washington led
150
Number of original Iroquois nations
5
What powers would the Albany Plan have?
Tax, raise troops, regulate trade
How did French build relationships?
Married Native American women and learned their languages.
The powerful alliance of Native American nations that traded with both the British and French but eventually allied with the British.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
Name of Washington's fort
Fort Necessity
Name the region dominated by Iroquois during this time.
Great Lakes region
How many colonies approved Plan?
None
What religion spread by French?
Catholicism
Native American group that attacked Deerfield, killing 50 settlers.
The Abenaki Tribe
French fort near Washington's Fort Necessity.
Fort Duquesne
Name at least two of the 5 original Iroquois nation tribes.
Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida
Why did the colonies reject the Albany plan?
The British colonist feared losing their individual power and autonomy by creating a unified colonial government.
Why was the French and Indian War called French & Indian War?
British colonists named this conflict after their opponents, and it became known as the French and Indian War.