French And Indian War Test

Question 1

Washington proposed a fort at the forks of the Ohio, monongahela, and________________rivers.

Answer 1

Allegheny river

Question 2

on April 18th 1754, when the fort is barely begun, the French capture it and change it’s name from______________to__________________.

Answer 2

Ft. Prince George

Ft. Duquesne

Question 3

A battle near Great Meadows where George Washington attacked a French encampment on May 28th was considered by the French_________________________________.

Answer 3

The informal initiation of the French and Indian war.

Question 4

What was the name of the Indian who tomahawked the French commander?

Answer 4

Half King

Question 5

Anticipating it a reprisal by the French, a stockade was quickly built at Great Meadows. The structure was named____________________.

Answer 5

Ft. Nessety

Question 6

In the shape of a circle, 53 feet in diameter, it could contain________men.

Answer 6

50

Question 7

On July 3rd, this fort was attacked. After a four hour battle the British surrendered. The British were permitted to return home. why?

Answer 7

The British and the French were not at war yet.

Question 8

2 men were taken prisoner, Jacob Van Braam and______________.

Answer 8

Captain Stobo

Question 9

A month later, Stobo smuggled out a letter to a Mohawk Indian named__________________________.

Answer 9

Moses the song

Question 10

Stobo was sent to prison in_________________.

Answer 10

Ft. Quebec

Question 11

Stobo escaped (from prison) but got________________.

Answer 11

Recaptured

Question 12

Before returning to Williamsburg, Washington helped build______________________.

Answer 12

Ft. Cumberland

Question 13

___________________________ was blamed for faulty leadership and the loss at the battle on May 28th near Great Meadows.

Answer 13

George Washington

Question 14

In 1754 the French built a fort at Sandusky on the south side of the lake Erie to control portage routes, it was called_________________.

Answer 14

Ft. Niagara

Question 15

This fort was referred to as___________________________________________________________________.(Ft. Niagara)

Answer 15

The best and strongest Barstion of all this wilderness of the empire of France.

Question 16

In 1755 the newly assigned commander of the English forces that arrived with a 3 pronged attack plan to contain the French. He was the first British general to ever set foot in America.

Answer 16

Major General Edward Braddock

Question 17

Braddock’s personal assignment was to bring about the surrender of____________________.

Answer 17

Ft. Duecane

Question 18

George Washington_____________to join the general’s staff without rank or pay so that he could_________________________.

Answer 18

Volunteered

Learn the art of war

Question 19

How wide was the road that they carve through the wilderness on their way to the fort?

Answer 19

12 ft.

Question 20

On June 10th the troops arrived at Little Meadows with_______men and they split the force.

Answer 20

2,000

Question 21

Braddock led 1,200 men into a waiting____________at the___________________river.

Answer 21

Ambush

Monongahela

Question 22

The British were outnumbered by__________men.

Answer 22

1,459

Question 23

The Indians shot at the British from_______________.

Answer 23

Behind trees

Question 24

George Washington’s horse was shot out from under him____times.

Answer 24

4

Question 25

_____________________was mortally wounded and died four days later.

Answer 25

General Braddock

Question 26

_______of the 1,459 British troops were killed or wounded; only ____of the offers went unscathed.

Answer 26

977 | 26

Question 27

The French only lost____men.

Answer 27

16

Question 28

It was later judged that____________________led to the British defeat.

Answer 28

Incompetent leadership

Question 29

News of Braddock's defeat led to many_______________.

Answer 29

Desertions

Question 30

_______________________an Irish immigrant who became the most influential Indian leader in North America.

Answer 30

William Johnson

Question 31

He raised_________men to serve under his command.

Answer 31

4,000

Question 32

Included in the New Hampshire contingent was 23 year old______________________.

Answer 32

Robert Rogers

Question 33

Name the battle when the colonial army unfortified by British professionals repulsed a trained command of French regulars, Canadians and Indians for the first time.

Answer 33

Bloody Morning Scout

Question 34

What event finally had the Quakers agree to provide money to outfit a militia?

Answer 34

Survivors arriving at the state house with dead bodies.

Question 35

On March 1st, 1756___________________was appointed commander in chief of French forces in North America.

Answer 35

Louis' Joseph De Montcalm

Question 36

On March 17th______________was appointed commander in chief of British forces.

Answer 36

Loudoun

Question 37

On___________________Great Britain declares war on France.

Answer 37

May 18th, 1756

Question 38

On_________________France declares war on England.

Answer 38

May 19th, 1756

Question 39

On December 4th, 1756___________________was appointed secretary of state. He was responsible for increasing supplies and allocations of troops.

Answer 39

William Pitt

Question 40

Well Loudoun was on the Lewisburg mission and 1,900 men were sent to the frontier, there were only 4,000 men left at Fort Edward and______________________.

Answer 40

Ft. William Henry

Question 41

_________________attacked with 8,000 French and Canadians and 6,000 Indians.

Answer 41

Mont Com

Question 42

__________________left ft. William Henry and did not send reenactments.

Answer 42

David Web

Question 43

______________________was left in command of Fort William Henry and 2,372 men, of whom only 1,100 were considered fit.

Answer 43

George Monroe

Question 44

After fighting for____hours.

Answer 44

4

Question 45

What happened after they surrendered and the gates were opened?

Answer 45

Indians rushed in and killed them.

Question 46

What great American novel is about this battle?

Answer 46

The last Mohicans

Question 47

When news of the failure of lord Loudoun to attack Lewisburg_________________was sent to replace him.

Answer 47

Major General Abercrombie

Question 48

Who was considered by Col. Wolfe to be "the best soldier in the British army?

Answer 48

General George Howe

Question 49

After 49 days of bombardment, the British defeated the French at____________________.

Answer 49

Ft. Louisburg

Question 50

What fort was a critical loss to the French as it contained a large store of artillery and preventions and served as the main supply source for Forts Niagara and Duquesne?

Answer 50

Ft. Frontenac

Question 51

_________________convinced the Indians to make peace with the English and no longer give aid in defending Fort Duquesne.

Answer 51

Christian Post

Question 52

On November 26th, the British found fort Duquesne destroyed and abandoned, they renamed it__________.

Answer 52

Ft. Pitt

Question 53

What city is now the site of this fort?(Ft. Pitt)

Answer 53

Pittsburgh

Question 54

Who replaced Abercromby as commander in chief of the English troops?

Answer 54

Amherst

Question 55

In 1759 two forts were easily taken by the British as the French retreated. Name them, __________________and___________________.

Answer 55

Ft. Ticonderoga | Ft. Crown point

Question 56

On July 25th, 1759 what fort did the French lose to leave the British forces in full control of the west?

Answer 56

Ft. Niagara

Question 57

The most prolonged and decisive campaign in the French and Indian war took place at___________________.

Answer 57

Ft. Quebec

Question 58

The battle culminated in the_______________________.

Answer 58

Heights of Abraham

Question 59

On September 18, 1759 the commander of Quebec signed_________________________________.

Answer 59

Articles of capitulation

Question 60

The French and Indian war was one theater of a global war called________________________.

Answer 60

Seven year war

Question 61

The____________________was the Theater fought chiefly between the British and French on the water.

Answer 61

Naval Conflict theatre

Question 62

The________________________theatre was the scene of the battle and campaigns of the Prussians, Austrians and Russians.

Answer 62

Western conflict theatre

Question 63

The________________________theatre was the scene of the battle and campaigns of the Prussians, Austrians and Russians.

Answer 63

Central European theatre

Question 64

The________________________theatre was a war between 2 commercial enterprises, the French and East India Companies.

Answer 64

Indian Subcontinent theatre

Question 65

What year is remembered as the one in which conquest of Canada was completed?

Answer 65

1760

Question 66

On February 10th, 1763 the__________________gives all of France's possessions east of the Mississippi expect_________________to England.

Answer 66

Treaty of Pairs | New Orleans