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Reading Quiz: Chapters 6 Flashcards

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1
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Why was France a latecomer to colonization?

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It was convulsed in the 1500s by foreign wars and domestic strife

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When France start to colonize

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In 1598, when the Edict of Nantes was issued which allowed limited toleration to the French Huguenots

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3
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Which King took an interest in overseas colonies?

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King Louis XIV

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4
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When was Quebec established?

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1608

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5
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Samuel de Champlain

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intrepid soldier, became known as the “Father of New France”, entered into friendly relations with the Huron Indians, became enemies with the Iroquois, Iroquois hampered French efforts in Ohio Valley later

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6
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Why didn’t the French immigrate to North America in hordes?

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Peasants were too poor and Huguenots were not allowed to leave

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7
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Valuable Resource in France

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beaver

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8
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What were beaver hunters’ known as

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coureurs de bois (runners of the woods)

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9
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Places the Coureurs de bois named

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Baton Rouge, Terre Haute, Des Moines, Grand Teton

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10
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Who did the voyageurs recruit to help and what happened

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the Indians, but they were decimated by diseases and the beaver population was extinguished

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11
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Who did French Catholics try to convert?

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the Indians

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12
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Antoine Cadillac founded what city in 1701

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Detroit (City of Straits)

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13
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Who founded Louisiana in 1682 and why?

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Robert de LaSalle, to halt Spanish expansion into the area near the Gulf of Mexico

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What happened to Robert de LaSalle

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he was killed three later in Spanish Texas by his mutinous crew

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15
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Who did the English fight?

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The coureurs de bois and Indian allies

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16
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What cities did the Indians ravage?

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Schenectady and Deerfield

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17
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What cities did the British try to capture?

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Quebec and Montreal

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18
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What did England gain in the peace deal in Utrecht in 1713?

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Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, trading rights with the Spanish

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19
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Had the War of Jenkins’ Ear begin?

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When Jenkins’ ear was cut off by a Spanish comander

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20
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Where was Jenkins’ war confined

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Carribbean and Georgia

21
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What war did this soon combine with and what was it known as in America

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War of Austrian Succession; King George’s War

22
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Who did France allie itself with?

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Spain

23
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Who fought for the Ohio Valley?

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Spanish, British, and French

24
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Who did the governor of Virginia send in 1754 to Ohio?

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George Washington

25
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What happened at Fort Duquesne?

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the troops killed the French leader but were then surrounded by French troops, Washington surrendered but had to take blame for the war

26
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What did the French and Indian War begin with?

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Washington’s battle at Fort Duquesne

27
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What were the sides in the French and Indian War?

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England and Purssia (Germany) vs France, Spain,, Austria and Russia

28
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How did Fredrick the Great win his title and what was the effect on the colonies?

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by repelling French, Austrian and Russian armies; inspired the colonies to unite

29
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What happened in 1754

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7 of the 13 colonies met in the Albany Congres

30
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Effect of Albany Congress

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helped unite the colonists but ultimately failed. first step toward unity

31
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Who was the first general that England sent for the French and Indian War?

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General Edward Braddock

32
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What happened to the British?

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ambushed by French using “Indian Tatics”; Washington was shot at multiple times but the bullets never went through him

33
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What happened to the frontier from Pennsylvania to NC?

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they felt Indian wrath

34
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Who was the Great Commoner?

A

William Pitt

35
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Changes that Pitt made

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soft-pedaled assaults on the French West Indies and replaced old officers with new officers

36
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What happened in 1758

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Louisberg fell

37
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What happened near the Plains of Abraham

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The soldiers scaled the walls of Quebec and won Quebec for the English

38
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1759

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Battle of Quebec

39
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Treaty of 1763

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France was kicked out of North America’ the French were allowed to retain several small but valuable sugar islands and two islets in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

40
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What did France give Spain?

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Louisiana

41
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What started to happen between British soldiers and colonists?

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the British soldiers started to disrespect the colonists

42
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What did England do in the last years of the war?

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forbid trade between colonial regions

43
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What did American start to find during the war?

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that they had many similarities

44
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What happened after France had been beaten?

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Colonists felt they could roam freely and were less dependent on the British

45
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What did the French hope to happen?

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For the British to lose their empire

46
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What happened in 1763

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Chief Pontiac led a few French-allied tribes on a campaign through the Ohio Valley; quickly defeated with small-pox infected blankets; whites started policing the frontier

47
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Effects of Proclamation of 1763

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Colonists saw it is as oppression; 1000 wagons rolled through Sailsbury. NC as protest

48
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First group to leave Canada and where did they go

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Acadians; went to Louisana; practiced Roman Catholicism; spoke Cajun; intermarried

49
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1763- who left Canada

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2nd group of French; preserved Roman Catholicism and language; became known as New England French-Canadians

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