Trouble on the Frontier

Question 1

What was the cause of French and Indian War?

Answer 1

1. More people = need for more land

2. Colonists started pushing into the Ohio River Valley for farm land

Question 2

Why did France start building forts?

Answer 2

France begins building military forts to protect their land

Question 3

Who was George Washington?

Answer 3

a young surveyor in the Virginia militia (force made up of civilians but not military) but France refuses to leave. Washington is given orders to build a fort at the mouth of the Allegheny River but he arrived too late.

Question 4

Who fires the first shot and what was the result?

Answer 4

Washington fires the first shot on Ft. Duquesne and

kick starts the French and Indian War

Question 5

What did colonial leaders do trying to make an alliance?

Answer 5

They meet together in Albany and invite the Iroquois tribes.

Question 6

What did Iroquois respond to making an alliance?

Answer 6

They think France will defeat the British

Question 7

What point did Benjamin Franklin want to get across?

Answer 7

believes this War is
imperative to the colonies
- Uses the Pennsylvania Gazette

Question 8

What did the Join or Die cartoon mean?

Answer 8

if all 13 colonies don’t unite into one then they will lose against the French, but if they all unite they would have a better chance of winning against the French.

Question 9

What was Benjamin’s role in Albany Plan of Union?

Answer 9

Benjamin Franklin writes a plan to. . .
• Deal with Native American relations
• Have authority over Western settlements
• Collect taxes to fund/organize an army

Albany Congress approves but colonial assemblies reject
• Colonies want to control their own taxes/armies
• Franklin, “Everyone cries, union is necessary but behave like
weak noodles”

Question 10

When did General Braddock invade ft Duquesne?

Answer 10

1775

Iroquois officially join the French

Question 11

What is 7 years War?

Answer 11

France and England have been fighting, but then
becomes official (7 years war starts)

Question 12

Who becomes the new prime minister of England?

Answer 12

William Pitt becomes Prime Minister of England

Question 13

What was the new battle plan for Pitt?

Answer 13

• The best supplies to North America
• The best generals to North America (James Wolfe)
• Money sent to North America

Question 14

What were some effects when British starts winning battles?

Answer 14

Spain allies with France.
British capture Ft. Duquesne FINALLY (renamed after the
Prime Minister)

Question 15

How did building the fort affect relationships with Cherokee.

Answer 15

By building the Fort, it strengthened trading relations with the Cherokee

Question 16

Where was battle of Quebec located?

Answer 16

On the Plains of Abraham

Question 17

Who was James Wolfe and what did he do?

Answer 17

James Wolfe leads his soldiers up a rocky cliff at night where there was little protection.
British surprise attack French and defeat them.
James Wolfe and Louis de Montcalm are killed during the battle.
France quickly loses control of New France.

Question 18

What is the Treaty of Paris?

Answer 18

Treaty of Paris results in the end of the War.

Question 19

What did France lose/gain from Treaty of Paris?

Answer 19

France loses everything except:
Some islands in New France “Canada”
New Orleans
Some Caribbean Islands

Question 20

What did Spain lose/gain from Treaty of Paris?

Answer 20

Spain gets all land west of Mississippi River but loses Florida

Question 21

What did England lose/gain from Treaty of Paris?

Answer 21

England gains:
New France “Canada”
Land East of the Mississippi River
Florida from Spain

Question 22

Who won the Ohio River Valley?

Answer 22

British won Ohio River Valley and colonists continue to expand

Question 23

What was the effect after tensions with Native Americans arises?

Answer 23

Pontiac Rebellion- Pontiac rallies tribes together and they fight and kill settlers/burn British forts

Colonists fight back and kill the peaceful, and revolting, Native Americans

Question 24

What were effects of Pontiac Rebellion?

Answer 24

Proclamation of 1763- British do not allow colonists to move west of Appalachian Mountains and settlers west had to relocate