These Acadian settlers will move to the French colony of Louisiana, where they planted sugar cane and sweet potatoes, practiced Roman Catholicism and spoke the French dialect that came to be called this?
Cajun
Name the 13 British Colonies at the End of the French and Indian War, 1763 from North to South.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.
After the French and Indian War, what new American vision was developed?
They needed to march West. They felt they had earned this land.
Place the following in chronological order: Edict of Nantes, King Williams's War, Washington loses at Ft. Necessity, Pitt emerges as leader of British government, Proclamation line telling Americans not to go West.
As listed above
This document granted limited toleration to French Protestants?
Edict of Nantes
Which two countries dominated the American Empire as far as land mass by 1700?
France and Spain
Who ruled over the government of New France (Canada) from 1700 to 1754?
King of France - Louis XIV
Which group of individuals - "runners of the woods" - were responsible for some place names such as Baton Rouge, Terre Haute, Des Moines, Grand Tetons?
French fur-trappers
Which group of French missionaries labored zealously to save the Indians for Christ?
Jesuits
Which fortified post on the Mississippi was considered the most important because it commanded the mouth of the Mississippi River?
New Orleans
What war began as a small-scale scuffle between England and Spain, but merged into a large-scale War of Austrian Succession in Europe and became known as King George's War in America (1739 - 1748)?
War of Jenkins's Ear
Place the following world wars in chronological order: WWI, Seven Years' War, WWII, French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, American Revolution.
Seven, American, French, Napoleonic, WWI, WWII.
Which lieutenant colonel is responsible for starting the French and Indian War which led to the American Revolution (So he started the war, that started the war, that brought about our independence!)?
George Washington
Which land will cause great rivalry between France and Britain leading to the French and Indian War?
Ohio Country
What was ironic about the date Washington surrendered at Fort Necessity in 1754?
July 4th!
Which failed plan of union in 1754 was the brain child of Ben Franklin? Why did it fail? What famous propaganda poster was made concerning this plan?
Albany Plan/ The Crown did not push it since British officials realized that, if adopted, the plan could create a very powerful entity that His Majesty's Government might not be able to control. The royal counselors need not have worried; the colonists we
Which founding father would call his contemporaries "weak noodles" in 1754, when they failed to agree on the details associated with a union plan?
Ben Franklin
Which British leader known as the "Great Commoner" will be responsible for the British victory in the French and Indian War?
William Pitt
After the French and Indian War which two countries dominated North America?
Britain and Spain
What did the British do which caused friction between the British officers and militiamen of the colonials?
Never recognized any American militia commission above captain and didn't see them as any help in the war victory.
How did the French and Indian war help unite the Americans?
Most after the war discovered they were all fellow Americans who generally spoke the same language and shared common ideals.