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100
Who is the energetic British general who died while capturing Quebec?
James Wolfe
100
This document signaled British victory over the French in the French and Indian War.
Treaty of Paris
100
By 1700, the major powers in North America were
What is the French and British
100
The most powerful group of Native Americans in the East were named the?
What is Iroquois Confederacy
100
The colonists regarded him a hero because he struck the first blow against the French?
Who is George Washington
200
Who was the camp aide to General Edward Braddock who advised him that lined up in columns and rows made for easy targets?
George Washington
200
This document declared that there was a western boundary that could not be crossed by colonists.
Proclamation of 1763
200
The Proclamation of 1763 angered wealthy speculators because they
owned land west of the mountains
200
What is the name for civilian soldiers?
What is militia
200
During the wars between France and Great Britain, the Native Americans often helped the French by
What is raiding British settlements
300
Who is the chief of an Ottawa village who put together an alliance of Native Americans?
Pontiac
300
British fur traders built a fort deep in Miami territory
What is fort Pickawillany
300
In 1754, New England troops seize which fort from the French
What is fort Louisbourg
300
The name for unions between the French and Native Americans
What is an alliance
300
After the Treaty of Paris was signed, the continent was divided between which two countries?
What is Spain and Britain
400
Who is the British Prime Minister who was a skilled military planner that guided the war effort from London?
William Pitt
400
George Washington built this fort to combat the French who were building Fort Duquense
What is Fort Necessity
400
In 1754, this person authored the Albany Plan of Union
Who is Benjamin Franklin
400
The name for investors who bought land west of the mountains
What are speculators
400
After the French and Indian War, the British forced colonists to pay this in order to pay the war debt.
What are taxes
500
Who is the British officer, who along with James Wolfe, helped to recapture fort Louisbourg?
Jeffrey Amherst
500
George Washington's first military command took place in
What is the Ohio River Valley
500
In 1759, this city was captured by the British in a battle on a field called the Plains of Abraham
What is Quebec
500
The fighting in America started a new war in Europe called the
What is the Seven Year's War
500
In 1753, this Virginia governor sent a 21 year old planter and surveyor into Ohio country to tell the French to leave.
Who is Governor Robert Dinwiddie