Unit 3 Vocab

Question 1

Years of the French-Indian War

aka the Seven Years’ War

Answer 1

1754 to 1763

Question 2

Causes of the French-Indian War

aka the Seven Years’ War

Answer 2

• Wary of French influence in North America, the British were pushing west into the Ohio Valley
• Washington was sent by VA gov’t to prevent the French from building a fort at the Ohio River (Washington’s Ohio Mission)
• He was defeated and forced to surrender
• This triggered a world was

Question 3

Effects of the French-Indian War

aka the Seven Years’ War

Answer 3

• End of salutary neglect
• Huge British debt
• Increase in taxes
• Pontiac’s Rebellion
• Proclamation of 1763
• Strictly enforced Navigation Acts

Question 4

Washington’s Ohio Mission

Answer 4

• A battle near Fort Duquesne in May 1754
• Caused the French-Indian War

Question 5

Peace of Paris (1763)

aka the Treaty of Paris

Answer 5

An agreement in which France was removed from North America; signed by Britain, France, and Spain

Britain emerged as the dominant power in North America and as the leading naval power in the world.