French and Indian war study guide

This war was fought in North America from 1754 to 1763.

FRENCH AND INDIAN

The French and Indian War was fought between France and this nation

GREAT BRITAIN

The French and Indian War was part of this war being fought in Europe

SEVEN YEARS

At the start of the war, France controlled almost all of the area of this current nation

CANADA

What the area along the Mississippi River into Louisiana was called at the start of the war.

NEW FRANCE

American colonists fought for this side during the French and Indian War.

BRITISH

Both the French and the British had different tribes of these people for allies

NATIVE AMERICANS

The French and the British came into conflict over control of this valley.

OHIO RIVER VALLEY

The British tried to take control of this trade from the French in the Ohio Valley before the war.

FUR

The French built a string of these in the Ohio Valley to keep the British out.

FORTS

In 1754 this future President was sent to the Ohio Valley to protect British claims.

WASHINGTON

Name that was given to the makeshift fort Washington had built in the Ohio Valley.

NECESSITY

When Washington and his militia were attacked by the French at Fort Necessity, he was forced to do this.

SURRENDER

Name for the battle at Fort Necessity that is considered the first of the war.

JUMONVILLE GLEN

In 1755 the British sent this general to Virginia with 800 men.

BRADDOCK

Braddock and an army of 1500 British soldiers and colonial militia were defeated by the French and their allies at this battle in 1755.

FORT DUQUESNE

Fort Duquesne was located on the site of this current city.

PITTSBURGH

In 1756, the British formally declared this on France and launched the Seven Years' War

WAR

In 1756 the French captured Fort Oswego, a vital British trading post located on this lake.

ONTARIO

This man became the Prime Minister of England in 1756 and began to commit greater resources to the war.

WILLIAM PITT

In 1757 British troops were massacred by Native Americans following their surrender at this fort near Lake Champlain.

WILLIAM HENRY

The massacre of surrendered British soldiers at Fort William Henry is portrayed in this James Fenimore Cooper novel.

LAST OF THE MOHICANS

In 1757 the British won their first great victory of the war at Louisbourg, near the mouth of this river.

ST. LAWERENCE

The British general Wolfe, killed in the action, led the British to a spectacular victory over the French at this battle in 1759.

PLAINS OF ABRAHAM

The victory at the Plains of Abraham gave the British control of this French city in Canada.

QUEBEC

The French lost Canada to the British when this city was taken in 1760.

MONTREAL

France was forced to give up Canada and its claim on the Ohio Valley when it signed this treaty to end the war in 1763.

TREATY OF PARIS

This country was given French territory west of the Mississippi under the Treaty of Paris.

SPAIN

The end of the French and Indian War paved the way for this kind of expansion by the colonists.

WESTWARD

After the war, to help pay for its cost, the British began levying these on the colonists.

TAXES