French and Indian War
American History Week Three Warm Ups
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W
hich explorer is known as the 'Father of New France'?
Answer: Samuel de Champlain.
- George Washington's troops opened fire on the French in 1754 beginning what world war?
Answer: Seven Years War or French and Indian War
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Which English statesman was known as the 'Organizer of Victory' and the 'Great Commoner'? He was also the mastermind behind England's Canadian victory in the French and Indian War.
Answer: William Pitt
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List three causes of tension between the American colonists and the British at the end of the French and Indian War.
Possible Answers:- Contempt of professional soldier for the amateur
- British did not recognize any colonial commission above Captain
- British crown did not feel the colonists were paying enough for protection
- British looked down on the colonists saying that America was an 'outhouse'.
- Colonists traded with the enemy
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What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Answer: This proclamation was an attempt to solve the Indian problem fairly by prohibiting settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
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