1. French motives in the New World included the desire to
a. compete with Spain for an empire in America. b. provide a place for French religious dissenters to settle. c. establish agricultural communities to produce profitable staple crops. d. convert Indians to Protestantism. 2. en!amin Fran"lin#s plan for colonial home rule was re!ected b$ the individual colonies because a. it did not seem to give enough independence to the colonies. b. it did not provide for the common defense. c. the$ did not feel that the$ had been well represented at the Alban$ %ongress. d. the ritish approved it. &. In the colonial wars before 1'()* Americans a. demonstrated an astonishing lac" of unit$. b. received more support from France than ritain. c. were not involved in combat. d. functioned as a unified fighting force. ). France had to give up its vision of a North American New France when a. +ing ,ouis -I. died. b. it was defeated b$ the ritish in 1'1& and 1'/&. c. farming proved to be unprofitable. d. its fishing industr$ faltered. (. In the peace arrangements that ended the French and Indian War* a. France surrendered all of its territorial claims to North America. b. 0ngland turned Florida over to Spain. c. Spain ceded all of ,ouisiana* including New 1rleans* to ritain. d. France lost all its valuable sugar islands in the West Indies. /. France was finall$ able to !oin in the scramble for colonies in the New World as a result of the a. Protestant ta"eover of the French government. b. revocation of the 0dict of Nantes. c. St. artholomew#s 2a$ 3assacre. d. end of the religious wars. '. 4overnment in New France 5%anada6 was a. almost completel$ autocratic. b. noted for its trial b$ !ur$. c. democratic. d. similar to that of the 0nglish colonies. 7. A "e$ reason France needed to control the 1hio .alle$ was to a. stop Spain from e8tending its empire. b. help win the War of 9en"ins#s 0ar. c. stop the Indian attac"s on its outposts. d. lin" its %anadian holdings with those of the lower 3ississippi .alle$. :. New 0ngland colonists were outraged when ritish diplomats returned ;;;;;;;;;; to France in 1')7. a. <udson a$ c. Newfoundland b. ,ouisbourg d. Acadia Unit 2: Reading Questions (chapters 6) 1=. 2uring the French and Indian War* a. colonial militiamen were impressed with the seeming invincibilit$ of the ritish regulars. b. ritish officials were disturbed b$ thelu"ewarm support of man$ colonials. c. ritish officers praised the s"illful fighting abilit$ of colonial troops. d. the colonists lost confidence in their own militar$ capabilit$. 11. >he French wanted to control ,ouisiana because the$ a. would then control the mouth of the 3ississippi. b. feared 2utch e8pansion into the territor$. c. wanted to "eep the area unfortified. d. li"ed its climate. 12. 2uring a generation of peace following the 1'1& >reat$ of ?trecht* ritain provided its American colonies with a. a large militar$ presence for protection. b. decades of salutar$ neglect. c. all of these. d. higher ta8es passed b$ Parliament. 1&. When William Pitt became prime minister during the French and Indian War* he a. ended Parliament#s practice of reimbursing the colonies for their war@ related e8penditures. b. focused his militar$ strateg$ on the capture of French %anada. c. relied heavil$ on the older* more cautious generals in the ritish Arm$. d. ordered a full@scale assault on the French West Indies. 1). As a result of 4eneral raddoc"#s defeat a few miles from Fort 2uAuesne* a. 4eorge Washington was left without a militar$ command. b. 4eneral raddoc" was forced to leave the militar$. c. the ritish controlled the frontier. d. the frontier from Penns$lvania to North %arolina was open to Indian attac". 1(. ?nli"e the first three Anglo@French wars* the French and Indian War a. was fought initiall$ on the North American continent. b. won the ritish territorial concessions. c. did not affect American colonists# attitudes toward 0ngland. d. united ritish colonists in strong support of the mother countr$. 1/. >he ritish invasion of %anada in 1'(/ during the French and Indian War a. resulted in victor$ for ritain. b. followed sound strategic planning. c. concentrated on Buebec and 3ontreal. d. ended in defeat. 1'. >he soldier and e8plorer whose leadership earned him the title CFather of New FranceC was a. 2es 3oines. c. Antoine %adillac. b. Dobert de ,a Salle. d. Samuel de %hamplain. 17. >he immediate purpose of the Alban$ %ongress of 1'() was to a. prevent the French from attac"ing American outposts. b. reAuest the help of the ritish militar$. c. "eep the IroAuois tribes lo$al to the ritish. d. support 4eorge Washington#s desire to head the colonial militia.