Chapter 6 Flashcards
The primary economic pursuit of early settlers in New France was
Fur trapping
The French wanted to control Louisiana because they
Would then control the mouth of the Mississippi
During a generation of peace following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, Britain provided its American colonies with
Decades of salutary neglect
The early wars between France and Britain in North America were notable for the
Large number of troops committed by both sides, lack of Indian participation, carry over of European tactics to America, and use of primitive guerrilla warfare
The clash between Britain and France for control of the North American continent sprang from their rivalry for control of
The Ohio River Valley
The reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
Link it’s Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley
In his first military command in the French and Indian War, George Washington
Won a decisive and hard fought battle at Duquesne
The Seven Years’ War was also known in America as
The French and Indian War
The immediate purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754 was to
Keep the Iroquois tribes loyal to the British
Unlike the first three Anglo-French wars, the Seven Years’s War
Was fought initially on the North American continent
The long-range purpose if the Albany Congress in 1754 was to
Achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat
Benjamin Franklin’s plan for colonial home rule was rejected by the individual colonies because
It did not seem to give enough independence to the colonies
In the peace arrangements that ended the Seven Years’ War,
France surrendered all of its territorial claims to North America
For the American colonies, the Seven Years’ War
Ended the myth of British invincibility
The disunity that existed in the colonies before the Seven Years’ War can be attributed to
The enormous distances between the colonies, geographical barriers like rivers, conflicting regions, and varied nationalities
