wv history test (January 21st) Flashcards
test
what when the Ohio valley gets claimed
conflict strikes between the French and British.
why did the Indian favor the French more the british
they believed that the French had a better lifestyle that wasn’t a threat to them.
what did the indians believe
that the treaty’s they making were not binding; or working
what did governor Dinwiddie do with George washington
he sent him on a diplomatic mission to ask the French to leave the Ohio valley but they refused to
what happened to the French and the British at the beginning of French and indians war
they both were hampered and unorganized and didn’t have a lot of soldiers that cared about the land
who was sent from great Britain to lead troops against the french
general Edward braddock
what helped braddock defeat the french
his European fighting style
who is Mary drapers ingle
she was captured by the Shawnee tribe and she gave birth to a son ran away leaving him there,later on she and her husband found him.
who helped organize the British forces and took charge of the french and Indian war
William pitt
what happened when William Pitt started helping the British
the British kept winning
what happened after the french and the Indian war
the British government raised taxs on the colonist
what was the proclamation of 1763
it is a treaty that forbade settlement in the west of the Allegheny front
who were the Pringle brothers
they left the British military and moved west of the Allegheny and lived in a hollow sycamore tree
what did george Washington plan
he planned the community in present day mason county
who is Micheal cresap
he lead a surprise raid against a Shawnee camp, with his actions he also cause many problems to come
