French and Indian War Flashcards
The spark for the French and Indian War involved conflict over control of ______.
Ohio Country (west of the Appalachians)
A key factor in France’s early victories in the war was assistance from ______.
Native Americans
Most Native Americans allied with the French because they feared that English colonists would _______.
push them off of their land (west of the Appalachians)
The French and Indian war was a world war. The British Prime Minister William Pitt decided that the key to victory over the French in Europe would be _____ .
to conquer the French in the New World
As a result of the Treaty of Paris, the French lost _____.
all of their land in the New World to the English
British forces were not successful early in the war in part because they followed European battlefield tactics. But those tactics were often unsuccessful because _____ .
of natural barriers, such as uncut forests, undrained swamps, gullies, and rivers
Native Americans were often important allies to the French. Their success depended on their tactics of _____ .
guerrilla warfare
General Braddock’s defeat led Benjamin Franklin and other Americans to suspect _____ .
that the English were not invincible
The British were disappointed with the number of Americans who agreed to fight the French, so the British resorted to _____ to recruit enough soldiers.
impress (force) them OR
ship in trained British soldiers
Pontiac’s Rebellion was a result of Indian concerns that the French defeat would lead to _____ .
English colonization west of the Appalachians
Pontiac’s Rebellion led to British concerns that the end of the war would lead to _____ and _____ .
debt and future Indian uprisings
Pontiac’s Rebellion led to the Proclamation of 1763. This edict limited the colonists by _____ .
imposing taxes on them and restricting their settlements to east of the Appalachians
By issuing the Proclamation of 1763, the British hoped to avoid _____.
conflict with the Indians and save money
To recoup some of the costs of the war, Britain planned to tax the colonies. The Proclamation of 1763 would help by _____ .
keeping them in an area where they could be taxed
What were the six results of the war listed in the reading?
- MILITARY EXPERIENCE
The war provided military experience to a number of colonists, most notably Washington. It led many colonists to assume that they were on the same level as the professional soldiers of the British army, who were no longer seen as invincible. - COLONIAL UNITY
The war provided an increased sense of colonial unity needed to meet common challenges. - ELIMINATED FRENCH
The successful conclusion of the war eliminated the French threat, allowing the colonists to feel less need for a British presence in America. - TENSION BETWEEN COLONISTS AND BRITISH
The British were disdainful of the military abilities of the colonists and had treated the colonial soldiers with contempt, increasing tensions between the two groups. - INCREASED DEBT
The British ended the war with a huge debt incurred, they felt, in defending the colonists. Accordingly, the British sought funds to pay off this debt from reluctant colonies. - ENFORCEMENT OF NAVIGATION ACTS
While the British had been busy fighting the French, they had not paid close attention to the enforcement of the Navigation Acts. Now, with the French vanquished, the period of salutary neglect was over, and the British tried to enforce these laws on a defiant America.
