History Chapter 6

All of the following were allies on one side of the french and indian war except:
A. france
B. prussia
C. spain
D. austria
E. russia

All of the following were allies on one side of the french and indian war except:
A. france
B. prussia
C. spain
D. austria
E. russia

B

As a result of General Braddock's defeat a few miles from fort Duquesne:
A. the british controlled the frontier
B. george washington was left without a miliary command
C. the frontier from pennsylvania to north carolina was open to indian attack
D. general braddock was forced to leave the military
E. the british called off the planned invasion of Canada

C

Benjamin Franklin published in his Pennsylvania Gazette his most famous cartoon of the colonial era, a disjointed snake, which:
A. promoted the idea that america if they accepted the albany plan, would be cut apart and die
B. promoted the idea that if the colonies did not stand united against france, they would fall apart and die
C. argued that the british would cut apart the french (like the snake) if they accepted albany
D. implied that the french was like the snake, wanting to cut apart the albany plan
E. promoted the idea that the french if they accepted albany plan, would join forces with the british and be united unlike the snake

B

Ben franklin's plan for colonial home rule was rejected by the individual colonies because:
A. it did not provide for the common defense
B. the british approved it
C. it did not seem to give enough independence to the colonies
D. they did not feel that they had been well represented at the albany congress
E. it placed too much power in the hands of the local governments

C

Chief pontiac decided to try to drive the british out of the ohio valley because:
A. the british were weak as a result of the seven years war
B. the british had deliberately infected indians with smallpox
C. of the proclaimation of 1763
D. the indians were in a precarious position
E. the french government had pomised to help

D

The interior Indian tribes in North America, the treaty of paris that ended the seven years war:
A. safeguarded their lands from further encroachment by colonists
B. eliminated their ability to play off rival european powers against each other
C. forced these indians to negotioate exclusively with the spanish
D. pushed them onto reservations
E. none of these

B

In the wake of the proclaimation of 1763, A. american colonists obeyed the law they hated
B. british relations with france improved
C. relations between the american colonies and the british government improved
D. the american colonies believed their destiny had been destroyed
E. american colonists moved west, defying the proclaimation

E

The outcome of the Battle of Quebec in 1759:
A. had little impact on the seven year's war
B. was a key turning point in the Queen Anne's War
C. was a dramatic victory for the French
D. ended the war of french succession
E. resulted in the emergence of GB as the overwhelmingly dominant power in America

E

The British invasion of Canada in 1756 during the seven year's war:
A. was initially hampered significantly by poor strategic decision making by Britain's war leaders
B. concentrted on Quebec and Montreal
C. was promoted in part by the fact that in 1756, the undeclared war in america had merged into a world conflict
D. was an immediate and universally successful military operation
E. resulted in British control of the St Lawrence River

C

The Seven Years war was also known in America as:
A. War of Jenkin's Ear
B. French and Indian War
C. War of the Austrian succession
D. King William's war
E. Queen Anne's war

B

The immediate purpose of the albany congress of 1754 was to:
A. request the help of the british military
B. keep the iroquis tribes loyal to the british
C. prevent the french from attacking american outposts
D. support George Washington's desire to head the colonial militia
E. block British efforts to take control of New York City

B

The long range purpose of the albany congress in 1754 was to:
A. achieve colonial unity and common defense against the french threat
B. propose independence of the colonies of britain
C. declare war on the iroquis tribe
D. prohibit New England and New York from trading with French West Indies
E. gain peace with France

A

The reason Britain needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
A. continue its expansion west in North America and block French land-grabbing and influence
B. ensure defeat of the French in the War of Jenkin's ear
C. halt the growth of Spanish impostition in North America
D. secure the Mississipi River and continue pushing further south to control all of Mexico
E. link their Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley

A

The reason France needed to control the Ohio valley was to:
A. stop spain from extending its empire
B. help win the War of Jenkin's Ear
C. stop the indian attacks on its outposts
D. link its Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley
E. be able to put more of its sections there in order to increase farm production

D

When William Pitt became prime minister during the Seven Year's War, he:
A. ended Parliament's practice of reimbursing the colonies for their war-related expenditures
B. ordered a full scale assault on the French west indies
C. relied heavily on the older more cautious generals in the British Army
D. focused on developing successful military strategy in the Quebec-Montreal area that ultimately routed the French in Canada
E. remained popular with the wealthy but not the poor

D

For the American Colonies, the Seven Year's war was:
A. ended the myth of the british invincibility
B. left them in need of experienced officers
C. offered the opportunity to grow closer to the British
D. gave them the opportunity to finally gain control of the Mississippi
E. helped improve relations between Britain and the colonies

A

French motives int he New world included the desire to:
A. establish agricultural communities to produce profitable staple crops
B. convert Indians to Protestantism
C. compete with Spain for an empire in America
D. provide a place for French religious dissenters to settle
E. compete with Portugal for an empire in America

C

In his first military command encounter, in the French and Indian War, Lieutenant COlonel George Washington:
A. won a decisive and hard fought battle for british forces in Fort Dun.
B. was defeated by the french forces at fort necessity following a ten-hour seige in July 1754
C. received stron military support and reinforcements from British army command and political authorities
D. helped to force French out of Nova Scotia
E. displayed his twenty years of military experience to greaty military success

B

Unlike the first three anglo french wars, the seven years war:
A. won the british territorial concessions
B. united the British colonists in strong support of the mother country
C. was fought initially on the North American continent
D. did not affect American colonists attitudes toward England
E. resulted in a stronger French presence in North America

C

With the military defeat of Chief POntiac and his western indian alliance, the british decided to:
A. stabilize indian-white relations
B. let the colonists assume financial responsibility for defending themselves
C. remove troops stationed in the colonies
D.enlist the aid of France to hault the Indian menace
E. open land was of appalacian mountains for settlement

A