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French/Indian War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| British Soldier Uniform | Red coat, black knee high boots, black triangular hat with gold trim |
| Native American clothes | Face paint, camouflage, rifle |
| French Soldier Uniform | White coat with many buttons, red cuffs and collar, black pointed shoes with white stockings on top, black triangular hat with white trim |
| Chief Pontiac's land | Inherited lakes, forests, and mountains from ancestors, all food and resources are provided by the Great Spirit and Master of Life. |
| Chief Pontiac | Chief of Ottawa tribe |
| French and Indian War started when, where, and why? | The French and Indian War started in 1754 in North America (i.e. Canada and America) because the British blamed the French for being in the Ohio River Valley and building forts. |
| When did the French and Indian War end? | 1763 |
| What event in Europe was the French and Indian War a part of? | The Seven Years War in France and Britain |
| Edward Braddock | He was a British General. His job was to force the French out of the Ohio River Valley. |
| France's allies | Most Native Americans and Spain |
| British land before French and Indian War | Hudson Bay, 13 British colonies, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. |
| French land before the French and Indian War | Saint Lawrence River, QMOT (i.e. Quebec, Montreal, Ontario, Toronto), Midwest (i.e. Louisiana, Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma) |
| Spanish land before the French and Indian War | California, Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Texas, San Antonio |
| Contested land before the French and Indian War | Ohio River Valley, Saskatchewan |
| What happened in June 1755? | Braddock marches from Virginia with 1,400 red-coated British troops and a few blue-coated Colonial militias. They are marching to Fort Duquesne. |
| How long did it take Braddock's army to march to its destination? | Several weeks, because the troops marched in tight columns and row so it was hard to march through the dense forest, and because they always stopped for tea. |
| July 9, 1755 | French troops and Native American warriors ambushed Braddock's troops from behind trees. The British panicked, because they couldn't see who was attacking them. Almost 1,000 British soldiers died, including General Braddock. |
| Why were the British easy targets? | The British were easy targets because they marched in a large group and because of their bright red coats. |
| William Trent | William Trent sent scouts out to Fort Duquesne to see what it looked like. Using the information brought back, Trent made a map of Fort Duquesne. |
| What happened in 1756? | The Seven Years War started in Europe. |
| How did the British and their American colonies do in the first years of the Seven Years War? | They did poorly, and lost their Forts in Lake George and Lake Ontario. |
| What did the Native Americans do in New York and West Virginia? | They raided frontier farms. They killed settlers, burned farmhouses and crops, and chased many families back to the coast. |
| Who was William Pitt? | William Pitt was the Prime Minister of Britain. He chose generals and commanders based off of skill, not family ties. |
| What did Pitt say he'd do before the French and Indian War? | Pitt said that he'd pay for the French and Indian War, in order to avoid complaints from the American colonists. However, he got in huge debt, and raised tax prices after the French and Indian War. |
| How did Pitt intend to conquer Canada? | In order to conquer Canada, Pitt sent British troops under the command of British generals James Wolfe and Jeffrey Amherst. |
| What happened in 1758? | Amherst and Wolfe recapture fortress at Louisbourg. That same year, British officers capture Fort Frontenac at Lake Ontario and recaptured Fort Duquesne (renaming it Fort Pitt). |
| What happened September 1759? | James Wolfe's scouts found a poorly guarded path to the fort at New France's Capital, Quebec. They defeated the guards and waited in the Plains of Abraham. They then attacked the fort, and defeated the French. However, James Wolfe died in battle. |
| What happened a year after the fall of Quebec? | General Amherst captured Montreal and brought an end to the French and Indian War. |
| The Treaty of Paris, 1763. | The Treaty of Paris, formed in 1763, stated which groups would be in charge of what land. |
| The Treaty of Paris, England. | England received Canada, Florida from Spain, and most of France's islands east of the Mississippi River. |
| The Treaty of Paris, France | France was permitted to keep some sugar producing islands in the West Indies. This marked the end of their power in North America. |
| The Treaty of Paris, Spain | Spain received French land west of the Mississippi (Louisiana territory) and the Port of New Orleans |
| The Treaty of Paris, Native Americans | The Native Americans didn't get any land in the Treaty of Paris. |
| What happened to the Native Americans after the French and Indian War? | The Native Americans lost their French allies and trading partners. The Native Americans were forced to be allies with the British, though they considered the British to be enemies. |
| What was the boundary between Great Britain and Spain? | The Mississippi River |
| What happened to the Native Americans after the French and Indian War? (part two) | The British didn't pay the Native Americans for use of their land, raised the prices of trading, and moved into the Native Americans' land (i.e. Ohio River Valley). |
| Chief Pontiac commanded tribes near what modern day city? | Detroit (largest city in Michigan) |
| Who did Chief Pontiac form an alliance with? | The Shawnee and Delaware tribes |
| What did the alliance of Native American troops do in the Spring of 1763? | They attacked British forts |
| What did the alliance of Native American troops do in the Summer of 1763? | They killed settlers in Western Pennsylvania and Virginia |
| What were Pontiac's attacks called? | Pontiac's War |
| What did the Native Americans fail to do in Pontiac's War? | They didn't capture British forts such as Niagara, Fort Pitt, and Detroit. |
| Who won Pontiac's War and when? | The British defeated the Native Americans in 1765. |
| What happened in July 1766? | Pontiac signed a peace treaty and was pardoned (forgiven) |
| What was the Proclamation of 1763? | King George III made an announcement that the settlers weren't to go any further west than the Appalachian Mountains. He wanted to prevent the fighting with the Native Americans. |
| Why did this make the settlers angry? | This made the settlers angry because those already living in the area, or those who had claims on the land in that area. This is because they had to move, and their claims were ignored. |
| What did the Proclamation of 1763 do? | It caused friction between the colonists and Great Britain (i.e. Revolutionary War) |
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