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The population in Catholic New France grew very slowly because

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disease took a heavy toll on New France's inhabitants.

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During the Seven Years' War

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British officials were disturbed by the lukewarm support of many colonials.

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The 1759 Battle of Quebec

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ranks as one of the most significant victories in British and American history.

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The early wars between France and Britain in North America were notable for the

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use of primitive guerrilla warfare.

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The one valuable resource in New France was

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beavers

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When William Pitt became prime minister during the Seven Years' War, he

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focused his military strategy on the Quebec-Montreal area.

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The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to

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achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat.

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For the American colonies, the Seven Years' War

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ended the myth of British invincibility.

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New England colonists were outraged when British diplomats returned _______________ to France in 1748.

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Louisbourg

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The Jesuit priests, despite their initial failure in gaining converts, played a vital role because

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of their exploration and work as geographers.

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Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity; (B) General Edward Braddock is defeated near Fort Duquesne; (C) British troops capture Louisbourg in their first significant victory of the French and Indian War; and (D) General James Wolfe's army defeats Montcalm's on the Plains of Abraham.

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C. A, B, C, D

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With the defeat of Chief Pontiac and his alliance, the British decided to

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stabilize Indian-white relations.

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France was finally able to join in the scramble for colonies in the New World as a result of the

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end of the religious wars.

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French motives in the New World included the desire to

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compete with Spain for an empire in America.

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In the peace arrangements that ended the Seven Years' War

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France surrendered all of its territorial claims to North America.

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The British invasion of Canada in 1756 during the Seven Years' War

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ended in defeat.

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The French wanted to control Louisiana because they

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would then control the mouth of the Mississippi.

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The immediate purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754 was to

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keep the Iroquois tribes loyal to the British.

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In a sense, the history of the United States began with the

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fall of Quebec and Montreal.

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Beginning with the seventeenth century, America

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was involved in every world war since 1688.

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In his first military command in the French and Indian War, George Washington

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was defeated at Fort Necessity but was allowed to retreat.

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During a generation of peace following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, Britain provided its American colonies with

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decades of salutary neglect.

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The disunity that existed in the colonies before the Seven Years' War can be attributed to all of the following except

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contempt for the British government.

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Benjamin Franklin's plan for colonial home rule was rejected by the individual colonies because

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it did not seem to give enough independence to the colonies.

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As a result of General Braddock's defeat a few miles from Fort Duquesne

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the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina was open to Indian attack.

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The soldier and explorer whose leadership earned him the title "Father of New France" was

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Samuel de Champlain.

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The War of Jenkins's Ear resulted in

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British troops being involved in every territory in North America.

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The primary economic pursuit of early settlers in New France was

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fur trapping.

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France had to give up its vision of a North American New France when

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it was defeated by the British in 1713 and 1763.

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In the wake of the Proclamation of 1763

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American colonists moved west, defying the Proclamation.

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All of the following were allies in the French and Indian War except

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Prussia.

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The Proclamation of 1763

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prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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The Seven Years' War was also known in America as

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the French and Indian War.

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Unlike the English colonies in America, in New France

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there were no popularly elected assemblies.

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Benjamin Franklin published in his Pennsylvania Gazette his most famous cartoon of the colonial era, a disjointed snake, which

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promoted the idea that America, if they did not accept the Albany Plan, would be cut apart and die.

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The clash between Britain and France for control of the North American continent sprang from their rivalry for control of

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the Ohio River Valley.

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The Indians suffered from their association with the French in New France in all of the following ways except

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exclusion from the fur business.

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The reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was to

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link its Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley.

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The coureurs de bois were

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French fur trappers

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As a result of the Seven Years' War, Great Britain

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became the dominant power in North America.

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The reason Britain needed to control the Ohio Valley was to

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continue their westward pushing for continued economic security and supremacy of their way of life.

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Government in New France (Canada) was

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almost completely autocratic.

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Unlike the first three Anglo-French wars, the Seven Years' War

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was fought initially on the North American continent.

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In the colonial wars before 1754, Americans

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demonstrated an astonishing lack of unity.

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With the British and American victory in the Seven Years' War

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a new spirit of independence arose, as the French threat disappeared.

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Chief Pontiac decided to try to drive the British out of the Ohio Valley because

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the Indians were in a precarious position.

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The War of Jenkins's Ear was

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confined to the Caribbean Sea and Georgia.

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The Proclamation of 1763 was designed mainly to

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work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem.

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