French and Indian War Answer Key. TEACHERS - click here for SCAVENGER HUNT.

1.) What is the French and Indian War sometimes referred to? SEVEN YEARS WAR

 

2.) The French and Indian War occurred because both the French and English claimed the same land in the ______OHIO____________ ________RIVER___________________ _____VALLEY______________.

3.) The French cities of Quebec City and Montreal were both located on the banks of what river? ST. LAWRENCE

4.) What famous general was forced to surender Fort Necessity to French forces? GEORGE WASHINGTON

5.) After the French abandoned and burned Fort Duquesne, the British occupied the area and built Fort __PITT__________.

6.) What modern city is located at the source of the Ohio River? PITTSBURGH

7.) The Battle of Quebec City is sometimes referred to as __THE_______ ____BATTLE__________________ __OF_____ ___THE_______ _______PLAINS______________ __OF_____ ______ABRAHAM_______________.

8.) Why was the British victory at Louisbourg so important? BECAUSE IT ALLOWED THE BRITISH ACCESS TO THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER, WHERE THEY COULD ATTACK QUEBEC

9.) *** Bonus Which battle inspired James Fenimore Cooper to write the famous novel The Last of the Mohicans?

BATTLE OF FORT WILLIAM HENRY

10.) ***Bonus - The siege at ____MONTREAL__________________ marked the ended French rule in North America. Three years later, the Treaty of Paris was signed and France gave up nearly all of its possessions in the New World.