Chapter 6

Question 1

background on FI War

Answer 1

4th of 4 wars b/w Eng, France, and Spain
BEGAN in america
forts in ohio river celly to limit british
geographic location kept French together through Mississippi river
colonists did not want to be landlocked but had disunity and limited skill in fighting

Question 2

French colonies

Answer 2

focused on beaver trade (coreurs de bois)
allied w/ nai
influence: too much hunting, catholic, alcohol
Samuel de Champlain: “father of French colonies”
did not immigrate by hordes (too poor)
Antione Cadillac founded Detroit to keep eng out (1701)
-Lousiana (1682) by Robert de LaSalle
-Quebec (1608)

Question 3

albany congress

Answer 3

1st out of 4 congresses
1754
7 colonies represented
snake propaganda (virg is biggest bc of high pop and revenue + N Eng is head)

Question 4

albany congress effects

Answer 4

ally w/ Iroquois
albany plan of union to create inter-colonial gov: rejected by both sides (felt that they either had too much or too little power)

Question 5

during the FI war

Answer 5

guerilla warfare
victory @ Quebec (1759) and Motreal (1760)

Question 6

Treaty of Paris of 1763

Answer 6

end of FI War
french colonists stay in canada
lousiana to spain
florida to england
-eng became dominant world power

Question 7

pontiac’s rebellion

Answer 7

effect of FI War
raids done by paxton boys
ORV and Great Lakes fort
weaken british to lure french

Question 8

proclamation of 1763

Answer 8

appalachian mountians
ignored
colonists gain mississippi R

Question 9

british views after FI War

Answer 9

disappointed in colonial military contributions ( Quakers: unable and unwilling to defend frontier)
outcome benefitted colonists: they should pay
began to assume direct control over colonies
end of salutary neglect

Question 10

colonial views after FI War

Answer 10

felt they had contributed to their defense
wanted access to new frontier but there was the Proc
EGO

Question 11

significance of FI War

Answer 11

conception of republic gov
experience for GW
tensions b/w eng and cols
debts and taxes

Question 12

King William’s War and Queen Anne’s War

Answer 12

cols fought french cbd’s and nai allies
neither side “wasted” real troops
f inspired NAI ravaged Schenectady, Ny and Deerfield, Mass
brits failed trying to capture quebec and montreal
peace deal in Utrecht (1713) gave acadia, newfoundland, and hudsom bay to eng and gave eng limited trade w/ french

Question 13

War of Jenkin’s Ear

Answer 13

spanish and englsih
merged with austrian war of succession
eng troops captured cape Berton Island
peace terms: gave louisbourg back to French (outraged colonists)

Question 14

GW inaugurates war w/ france

Answer 14

ORV was battelground
GW was commander of 150 virginians
40 mi from Fort Dequense, eng troops killed french leader
f surrounded fort necessity and made gw surrender

Question 15

global war

Answer 15

FI war started in america but expanded
eng and prussia v f, spain, austria, + russia
prussia repelled enemy armies

Question 16

Braddock’s blundering and its aftermath

Answer 16

led unexperienced soldiers
battle w/ f: brits ambushed F ->
Penn and N Caro frontier felt NAI wrath
brits kept getting defeated in their wilderness forts

Question 17

williiam pitt saves the day

Answer 17

concentrated on quebec and montreal
replaced old officers, with younger ones
1758: Louisbourg fell
james wolfe defeated quebec

Question 18

battle of quebec

Answer 18

1759
eng scaled cloff walls, net F troops near plains of abraham
-one of the most significant engagements in american history