Quiz: Chapter 6

1. What kept France from exploring the New World until the late sixteenth century?

• a. Lack of interest by the crown.
• b. Ill-fated missions by early English settlers.
• c. Foreign wars and internal conflicts.
• d. The cost of financing an expedition.
• e. Fear of repercussions from Spain and England.

2. What decision did French explorer Samuel de Champlain make that had long-term negative consequences for France's conquest of the New World?

• a. He established Quebec as the capital of New France.
• b. He befriended the Huron Indians.
• c. He befriended the Iroquois.
• d. He drove out English settlers in the region.
• e. Settlers established a representative form of government elected by the people.

3. How did the government of the French colonies differ from that of the English colonies?

• a. The French colonies were run entirely by the crown.
• b. The French colonies established governments that were completely independent of the crown.
• c. Commercial companies had control over the French colonies.
• d. Colonists were granted a wide range of rights, including trial by jury.
• e. Settlers established a representative form of government elected by the people.

4. Settlement of the French colonies in New Canada grew very slowly until 1750 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that

• a. There was plenty of available land for those who wanted it in their French homeland.
• b. Protestant Huguenots were prohibited from immigrating to the French colonies.
• c. The government focused on developing its Caribbean colonies.
• d. Canada's cold, snowy climate presented a difficult challenge.
• e. Consumer demand for New France's main export, beaver skins, had dropped off considerably.

5. Which of the following was NOT a principal motivation for French exploration of territory beyond New France in the eighteenth century?

• a. Converting Indians to Christianity.
• b. Keeping English settlers from moving into the nearby Ohio Valley.
• c. Seeking new beaver supplies.
• d. Thwarting Spain's attempts to claim land north of Mexico.
• e. Difficulties with local native populations.

6. After two wars for control of North America, in 1713, England and France signed a peace treaty that granted

• a. Acadia, Newfoundland, and Hudson Bay to the British.
• b. Acadia, Newfoundland, and Hudson Bay to the French.
• c. Maine and the Ohio Valley to France.
• d. Louisiana to the British.
• e. Limited trading rights in Spanish Florida to the French.

7. All of the following Anglo-French colonial wars began in Europe EXCEPT

• a. King William's War.
• b. The French and Indian War.
• c. The War of Austrian Succession.
• d. Queen Anne's War.
• e. The War of Jenkins's Ear.

8. How did George Washington start the global war in 1754 that would later come to be known as the Seven Years' War?

• a. Washington forcibly relocated thousands of French Acadians from the area known as Nova Scotia to other French territories.
• b. Washington claimed, for his family, the same Ohio territory where the French had built Fort Duquesne.
• c. Washington's men killed a French military leader on the outskirts of Fort Duquesne.
• d. Washington recklessly attacked French forces without a battle plan.
• e. Washington sent an insulting letter to French leaders in the Ohio territory.

9. The intercolonial disunity that prevailed during the French and Indian War was caused by all of the following conditions EXCEPT

• a. The prevalence of conflicting religions.
• b. An enormous sense of geographic distance from one colony to the next.
• c. Varied nationalities.
• d. Differences about the continuation of slavery.
• e. Class tensions.

10. Colonists came away from their experience of the French and Indian War feeling

• a. Confident in their military might.
• b. The desire for England to better safeguard its colonies.
• c. Increasingly concerned about Indian attacks.
• d. A greater sense of oneness with their British compatriots.
• e. Eager to break off ties with England.

11. What key strategic tool did the Indians lose as a result of the war's outcome and the Treaty of Paris?

• a. Alliances with Quaker and Christian missionaries.
• b. French and Spanish protection against the British.
• c. Strategic trading posts.
• d. Control of vital frontier territory.
• e. The ability to play rival European countries against each other.

12. The Proclamation of 1763

• a. Exacted burdensome taxes from the colonists to finance England's war debts.
• b. Granted some frontier territory to Native Americans.
• c. Prohibited colonists from settling beyond the Appalachians.
• d. Established royal governors in the colonies.
• e. Made Florida a British territory.

13. In which of the following pairs is the second event a result of the first?

• a. British triumphs over Pontiac's Rebellion → the Proclamation of 1763.
• b. British invasion of Canada → end of the French and Indian War.
• c. The Albany Congress → desire for independence in the colonies.
• d. Queen Anne's War → King William's War.
• e. Louis XIV ascends the throne → conflict between France and Spain.

14. Why was the French and Indian War a global war?

• a. European nations, including France, Britain, and Spain, were among the belligerents.
• b. The British attempted to persuade Native Americans to attack France.
• c. It was a continuation of long-standing hostilities between Britain and France.
• d. The war in America incited conflicts between other nations around the world.
• e. Other nations mediated the peace settlement between the nations at war.