Chapter 2.1 Flashcards
The French recruited which tribe for the fur business?
French joined Huron Indian tribes against Iroquois.
New France (Canada) was under what kind of government?
Autocratic.
Why did French government favor its Caribbean islands?
They were rich in sugar and rum.
Earliest contests for control of North America were…
British colonists against the French, both had Indian allies.
Kind George’s war (1744-1748) British Fleet and New Englanders captured which French fortress?
Louisbourg; Peace treaty gave it back and the New Englanders were pissed.
VA governor sent who to Ohio as a Lt. colonel in command of 150 Militiamen?
George Washington; they defeated a small amount of French Troops.
After the small attack against French troops what fort did Washington construct and then what happened?
Fort Necessity; and after a ten hour siege he surrendered his entire command .
Where was the French and Indian War fought?
Europe, West Indies, Africa, and in the Oceans.
What happened to Braddock when they left Virginia with 2000 British regulars and ill-disciplined to capture what fort?
A lot of his troops including himself were massacred, and they were trying to capture Fort Duquesne.
What was the most significant Victory the British won in the Entire 7 Year war?
The capture of Louisbourg.
After the British Capture Montreal, what then happened?
French power was at an end in Canada and then the 1763 Paris Peace Treaty. Britain became the leading Naval power of the world.
War increased colonial self-confidence of the 20,000 Americans that fought the War but shattered the myth of British invincibility. How did the Colonists then feel?
They believed that they were the shit and that they were entitled to credit rather than be in contempt for risking their lives to erect a New World empire.
How did the British leaders see the colonists?
They were considered “scum” who failed by fleeing to the “outhouse of civilization.”
American shippers had a lucrative trade with who; thus betraying the English?
Spanish and French West Indies at the same time the British were fighting against them.
In a sense of the history of the US when did the US begin?
With the fall of Quebec and Montreal.
