the causes and events of the seven years war

Question 1

what was the albany plan of union 1754?

Answer 1

a plan to place the british north american colonies under a more centralized government

Question 2

what did britain ask the colonies to do at the albany congress?

Answer 2

send delegates from virginia northward to the meeting to discuss the joint native american policy

Question 3

what did the albany congress fail to do?

Answer 3

secure an alliance with the iroquois people

the tribe best disposed towards the british

Question 4

what did the congress adopt instead?

Answer 4

a scheme drawn up by benjamin franklin for a permanent intercolonial conferderation

Question 5

what caused the seven years war?

Answer 5

french fur traders from pennsylvania and virginia were eager to trade with indians in the ohio river valley

leading virginia planters, who were interested in developing the region, had formed the ohio company, received a royal grant of 200,000 acres in the ohio river valley in 1749.

french, were determined to secure the territory against encroaching british and american traders so built a chain of forts along pennsylvania’s allegheny river.

british ministry ordered colonial governors to repel the french advance, “by force” if necessary.

Question 6

early 1750s

Answer 6

virginians crossed the allegheny mountains in upper ohio river valley to trade with the indians and survey 200,000 acres given by the king

Question 7

what did the infuriated french begin to do?

Answer 7

build forts in the disputed area

Question 8

what did the virginian governor do?

Answer 8

sent a warning to the french to back off

Question 9

what did george washington receive?

Answer 9

a polite but firm refusal from the french

Question 10

spring 1754

Answer 10

george washington sent back by a governor with small force to build a fort at a strategic point on the allegheny river to stop the french

Question 11

who did washington lead across the allegheny river?

what did they discover?

Answer 11

150 volunteers and iroquois allies

the french had beaten them to it and built fort duquesne

Question 12

what did washington decide to wait for?

Answer 12

reinforcements

he camped 40 miles away from the french

Question 13

what happened the day after washington camped?

what was he unaware of?

Answer 13

virginians ambushed a small french detachment

they were on a peaceful mission to discuss disputed territory

Question 14

what happened during the ambush?

what shocked washington?

Answer 14

10 french soldiers killed

1 escaped

21 captured

when several wounded french soldiers were scalped by the iroquois

Question 15

what did washington do after the ambush?

Answer 15

retreated quickly

built fort necessity

Question 16

when did the french attack?

Answer 16

3rd july 1754

Question 17

what was washington forced to do after the attack and why?

Answer 17

had to surrender

300 of his men killed/ wounded

all cattle and horses killed

Question 18

were the british government happy?

what did they do?

Answer 18

nope

forced a showdown with the french and sent general braddock and 2000 british troops to take fort duquense

braddock killed and army routed

Question 19

1755

Answer 19

british fleet failed to stop french landing reinforcements in canada

Question 20

what did britain do to nova scotia?

Answer 20

expelled most of the french population and take control

Question 21

what did 5 - 7000 acadians refuse to do?

where did they live?

what happened to them?

Answer 21

take an oath of allegiance to the king

colonies from maine to georgia

displaced and end up in french louisiana

Question 22

what happened for 2 more years?

after that?

Answer 22

war raged along the american canadian border

turned into a wider world war, involving other european countries and the caribbean and india

Question 23

1757

Answer 23

william pitt recalled to power to sort things out

‘i know that i can save england and no one else can’

Question 24

1758

Answer 24

war turns in britain’s favour - french beaten at fort louisbourg, canada and fort duquesne - renamed fort pitt

Question 25

1759

Answer 25

quebec fell to british but general wolfe (gb) and general montcalm (fr) died in battle

Question 26

what had happened in the southern states?

Answer 26

little fighting had taken place until the cherokee nation rose up against colonists

british regulars and provincials put the rebellion down

Question 27

1760

Answer 27

king george ii dies replaced by his grandson

general amherst took montreal , canada now british

Question 28

what was geroge iii desperate for in 1760?

what did he do?

Answer 28

peace

forced pitt out of office - wanted to take on the spanish

Question 29

did the spanish enter war?

Answer 29

yes , they were beaten by the british

Question 30

when did the french/spanish surrender?

Answer 30

1763 - britain now ruled the world

Question 31

what did pitt provide?

Answer 31

subsides to frederick the great of prussia to fight the french in europe