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US History Ch 5 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Resourceful French commander during King William's War. | Comte de Frontenac. |
| French trapper who explored the upper Mississippi River. | Louis Joliet. |
| Indian chief whose confederacy devastated the frontier. | Pontiac. |
| Author of Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies. | John Dickinson. |
| British prime minister who attempted to collect new taxes from the colonies. | George Grenville. |
| French priest who explored the upper Mississippi River. | Jacques Marquette. |
| British King who antagonized the colonists. | George III. |
| Talented British general who died capturing Quebec. | James Wolfe. |
| Orator from Virginia who opposed British tyranny. | Patrick Henry. |
| Prime minister of Great Britain who won the Seven Years' War. | William Pitt. |
| British commander who was badly defeated by the French and Indian forces. | Edward Braddock. |
| Talented French leader during the French and Indian War. | Marquis de Montcalm. |
| Leader of the Sons of Liberty. | Samuel Adams. |
| Author of a proposal to unite the colonies against France. | Benjamin Franklin. |
| Colonial commander who fought in the first skirmish of the French and Indian War. | George Washington. |
| Surprise attacks by small, hidden groups. | Guerilla warfare. |
| Ban on colonization beyond the Appalachian Mountains. | Proclamation Line. |
| British attempt to tax legal and commercial documents in the colonies. | Stamp Act. |
| Any tax on goods that are produced and consumed entirely within a country. | Internal tax. |
| Requirement that colonists help supply the British army. | Quartering Act. |
| Tax put on imported sugar, molasses, or coffee. | Sugar Act. |
| Requirement that salaries, taxes and expenditures be scrutinized by elected officials. | "Power of the Purse". |
| Organization that opposed the tyranny of British rule. | Sons of Liberty. |
| A repressive series of direct taxes on various colonial goods, such as glass. | Townshend Acts. |
| What attacks did New Englanders fear the most? | Attacks by both French and Indians. |
| What area of land along the Mississippi River did the French claim? | Louisiana. |
| What geological feature was at the heart of Louisiana territory? | Mississippi River. |
| What 3 factors increased the danger of the French threat to the 13 colonies? | France's strong alliances with the Indians. The British difficulty in defending its scattered settlements. The failure of the colonies to present a united front. |
| What was the reason the Iruois allied with the British? | The Iroquois' enemy had joined the French. |
| What regions did the British gain territory in by the Treaty of Utrecht? | Eastern Canada, the West Indies, Gibraltar. |
| What 2 expeditions provided the basis for French claims to the New World? | Joliet and Marquette; LaSalle. |
| Did the frontier fighting between the French and the British follow a strict European code of honor? Explain. | No. The French used guerilla warfare methods of fighting learned from the Indians. The British fought the European way. |
| Was the British army valuable to the colonists regarding Pontiac? Explain. | No. The British could not stop the massacres done by Pontiac and his allies. |
| What was the name of the important fort built by the French at the Forks of the Ohio River? | Fort Dusquesne . |
| What was the name of the Congress that unsuccessfully tried to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War? | Albany Congress. |
| What "war" brought an end to French power in the New World? | French and Indian War. |
| What event sparked the French and Indian War? | A force commanded by George Washington clashed with the French near the forks of the Ohio River. |
| What advantage did the French have over the British during the French and Indian War? | Stronger Indian allies. |
| What was Britain's disadvantage during the war? | Lack of colonial unity. |
| Franklin's Albany Plan failed. Why? | The colonists feared centralized government. |
| Who were the Acadians? | French settlers who were forcibly removed from Nova Scotia. |
| Why was Braddock defeated so decisively at fort Dusquesne? | He had his men fight in the open as in European warfare. The French and Indians fought guerilla warfare style. |
| What was William Pitt's three-part plan to win the French and Indian War? | Leaving the fighting in Europe to its ally, Prussia. Using its fleet to isolate the French colonies. Replacing old, incompetent commanders |
| Why was the Battle of the Plains of Abraham important? | The British captured the French Canadian capital. |
| What was the treaty that brought an end to the French and Indian War? | Treaty of Paris. |
| Who were the 2 greatest military commanders of the war? | France-Montcalm. Great Britain-Wolfe. |
| List the major reason that the colonies were taxed by the British after the French and Indian War? | They needed the money to pay for the war. |
| What were the advantages and the disadvantages of the British during the French and Indian War? | The French were outnumbered 20:1. They had a greater stake in America because of their developed lands, families, and businesses. British navy could control the waterways and cut off French reinforcements. Their disadvantage was their lack of unity |
| How did the colonists respond to the Townshend Acts? | Boycotts. |
| Were John Dickinson and Patrick Henry against the British taxes or the British right to tax? | They were against the British right to tax. |
| What was the name of the incident when the British killed 5 unarmed Patriots in 1770? | Boston Massacre. |
| What were the reasons that nationalism grew in the American colonies? | The colonies were isolated from the help of Britain. Private ownership of land gave Americans a stake in their society. The colonies were accustomed to self-government. |
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