Unit 2: Reading Questions (chapters 6)

1. French motives in the New World included the desire toa. compete with Spain for an empire in America.b. provide a place for French religious dissenters to settle.c. establish agricultural communities to produce profitable staple crops.d. convert Indians to Protestantism.

2. Benjamin Franklin's plan for colonial home rule was rejected by the individual colonies becausea. it did not seem to give enough independence to the colonies.b. it did not provide for the common defense.c. they did not feel that they had been well represented at the Albany

Congress.d. the British approved it.

3. In the colonial wars before 1754, Americansa. demonstrated an astonishing lack of unity.b. received more support from France than Britain.c. were not involved in combat.d. functioned as a unified fighting force.

4. France had to give up its vision of a North American New France whena. King Louis XIV died.b. it was defeated by the British in 1713 and 1763.c. farming proved to be unprofitable.d. its fishing industry faltered.

5. In the peace arrangements that ended the French and Indian War,a. France surrendered all of its territorial claims to North America.b. England turned Florida over to Spain.c. Spain ceded all of Louisiana, including New Orleans, to Britain.d. France lost all its valuable sugar islands in the West Indies.

6. France was finally able to join in the scramble for colonies in the New World as a result of thea. Protestant takeover of the French government.b. revocation of the Edict of Nantes.c. St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.d. end of the religious wars.

7. Government in New France (Canada) wasa. almost completely autocratic.b. noted for its trial by jury.c. democratic.d. similar to that of the English colonies.

8. A key reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was toa. stop Spain from extending its empire.b. help win the War of Jenkins's Ear.c. stop the Indian attacks on its outposts.d. link its Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley.

9. New England colonists were outraged when British diplomats returned __________ to France in 1748. a. Hudson Bay c. Newfoundlandb. Louisbourg d. Acadia

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10. During the French and Indian War,a. colonial militiamen were impressed with the seeming invincibility of the

British regulars.b. British officials were disturbed by thelukewarm support of many colonials.c. British officers praised the skillful fighting ability of colonial troops.d. the colonists lost confidence in their own military capability.

11. The French wanted to control Louisiana because theya. would then control the mouth of the Mississippi.b. feared Dutch expansion into the territory.c. wanted to keep the area unfortified.d. liked its climate.

12. During a generation of peace following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, Britain provided its American colonies witha. a large military presence for protection.b. decades of salutary neglect.c. all of these.d. higher taxes passed by Parliament.

13. When William Pitt became prime minister during the French and Indian War, hea. ended Parliament's practice of reimbursing the colonies for their war-

related expenditures.b. focused his military strategy on the capture of French Canada.c. relied heavily on the older, more cautious generals in the British Army.d. ordered a full-scale assault on the French West Indies.

14. As a result of General Braddock's defeat a few miles from Fort Duquesne,a. George Washington was left without a military command.b. General Braddock was forced to leave the military.c. the British controlled the frontier.d. the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina was open to Indian

attack.

15. Unlike the first three Anglo-French wars, the French and Indian Wara. was fought initially on the North American continent.b. won the British territorial concessions.c. did not affect American colonists' attitudes toward England.d. united British colonists in strong support of the mother country.

16. The British invasion of Canada in 1756 during the French and Indian Wara. resulted in victory for Britain.b. followed sound strategic planning.c. concentrated on Quebec and Montreal.d. ended in defeat.

17. The soldier and explorer whose leadership earned him the title "Father of New France" wasa. Des Moines. c. Antoine Cadillac.b. Robert de La Salle. d. Samuel de Champlain.

18. The immediate purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754 was toa. prevent the French from attacking American outposts.b. request the help of the British military.

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c. keep the Iroquois tribes loyal to the British.d. support George Washington's desire to head the colonial militia.