Robert La Salle planned to travel west and take control of the ___________________ in New Spain.
a. ports b. silver mines c. cities
d. plantations
b. silver mines
100
Why did the French and the British go to war in 1754?
a. The French helped the Iroquois.
b. The British helped the Huron.
c. Both wanted the Ohio River Valley.
d. The French wanted control of Mexico.
b. The British helped the Huron.
100
Great Britain raised taxes on the colonists to pay for ___________________.
a. stamps b. tobacco from the colonies
c. the Revolutionary War
d. the French and Indian War
d. the French and Indian War
100
The colonists fought _________________ during the Revolutionary War.
a. France b. Spain c. Great Britain
d. the Iroquois
c. Great Britain
200
The French control of the Louisiana territory prevented the British from expanding to the ____________________.
a. north b. south c. east d. west
d. west
200
After the war, Great Britain claimed __________________.
a. all of France’s colonies in North America
b. all of Europe and Asia
c. Haiti
d. France
a. all of France’s colonies in North America
200
What does intolerable mean?
a. unbearable b. acceptable
c. forgetful
d. joyful
a. unbearable
200
The victory at Fort Ticonderoga was unique because the fort was captured __________________.
a. by the British
b. by the French
c. in the afternoon
b. by the French d. without firing a shot
d. without firing a shot
300
_______________ was the largest French settlement.
a. Louisiana b. d’Iberville
c. New Orleans d. Duquesne
c. New Orleans
300
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 French
d. giving money to the British
d. giving money to the British
300
____________________ from the colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss their problems with Great Britain.
Delegates
300
____________________ volunteer to fight in case of an emergency.
Militia
400
A _______________ is a river or stream that flows into a larger river.
tributary
400
The ___________________ was an agreement of peace between the French and the British.
Treaty of Paris 1763
400
When a country decides to ____________________ a law, the law is ended.
repeal
400
Examples of ________________ are musket balls and gunpowder.
ammunition
500
An area of land controlled by another country is a ________________.
territory
500
All land west of the Appalachian Mountains was set aside for Native American groups by the ____________________.
Proclamation of 1763
500
The __________________ said that colonists had to buy stamps and place them on all printed documents, such as letters or newspapers.