2.06- The Road to Revolution: 1754-1775

Question 1

Acadians

Answer 1

1. French citizens living in the previously French Nova Scotia
2. 4,000 people kicked out by the British
   sig.- Scattered as far as Louisiana; the descendants of the Acadians are the Cajuns and the like

Question 2

What ended the Seven Years’ War and made the French surrender their territory in the New World?

Answer 2

The Treaty of Paris

Question 3

Albany Plan

Answer 3

1. Created by Ben Franklin, established
2. Most of the colonists didn’t believe they needed it
   sig.- Britain viewed it as the colonists trying to form their own government

Question 4

William Pitt

Answer 4

1. Known as the “Great Commoner”
2. Became Prime Minister of Britain
   sig.- caused France to be wiped off the power map

Question 5

Battle of Quebec

Answer 5

1759
1. British v. French
2. James Wolfe led this attack
sig.- Caused the French to be kicked out of Canada by the Treaty of Paris

Question 6

Causes of intercolonial disunity

Answer 6

-sheer distance
-geographical barriers
-different religions
-different colonial governments
-varied nationalities
-boundary disputes
-resentment of the rich by the poor

Question 7

Pontiac’s War

Answer 7

1. All but 3 British outposts west of the Appalachians were overrun
2. Britain used an early form of bio-warfare (smallpox infested blankets)
   sig.- Britain recognized the need to stabilize relations with the Indians and issued the Proclamation of 1763

Question 8

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 8

1. Prohibited settlement past the Appalachians
2. It left the Ohio River Valley to the Natives
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