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Ch 3 – Section 4

A Summary of the French and Indian War

1. Read “A Personal Voice” on pg. 85.

What is Joseph Nichols saying about the relationship between the colonists and the British officers?

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Two Rivals Fight!!!

France

Vs.

Great Britain

The Prize:

Control of North America – All territory and colonies!!!

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2. What were 2 reasons the colonists along the East Coast decided to fight for Great Britain?

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3. Using pg. 86, create a short timeline of France’s colonial settlements of North America. (5 dates)

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4. In the following chart, fill in the necessary information to understand which side has what.

|FRANCE | |GREAT BRITAIN |

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| |# of colonists | |

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| |Types of colonists | |

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| |Better relationship w/ Natives | |

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| |Single colonial gov’t | |

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| |13 separate colonial gov’ts | |

| |(check the correct box) | |

| |Control of the | |

| |interior wilderness | |

| |(check the correct box) | |

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| |Control of the coast | |

| |(check the correct box) | |

| |Fighting for homes, | |

| |families, & livelihood | |

| |(check the correct box) | |

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| |Hired professional soldiers | |

| |(check the correct box) | |

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| |Easier to supply and defend | |

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| |Used colonists as militia | |

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Fur Traders Farmers Shipbuilders Protestant Preachers

Merchants Fishermen Catholic Priests Trappers

5. Identify the key things to remember about each of the following battles:

|Battle of Fort Necessity (May-July 1754) |

|Why did it happen? |Who famously fought for which side? |What was the result? |

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|Battle of Fort Duquesne (Summer 1755) |

|Why did it happen? |Who famously fought for which side? |What was the result? |

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|What surprised the British? |What surprised the colonial miltias? |

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When William Pitt took over Parliament and the war effort in 1757, what

changes followed soon after?

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What city in America is named after this man?

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6. Fill in the following chart analyzing the results of the Treaty of Paris of 1763. Pg. 87 and its map will help.

|British get: |Spain gets: |

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| |Spain loses: |

|France keeps: |Native Americans get: |

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Colonist Ben Franklin created this

cartoon to rally the colonies to provide

military support to their sovereign

nation of Great Britain against France.

(1754)

Pg. 87

7. Why are their only 8 segments of the snake?___________________________________________________

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8. Why do you think this image was so persuasive to colonists who may never have thought of the separate colonies as parts of a whole?

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Pontiac’s Rebellion

9. Why does Pontiac attack and capture British forts and settlements after the treaty is signed in 1763?

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10. How did British officers respond to this rebellion?______________________________________________

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11. What was the result by 1765?______________________________________________________________

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The Colonies and Britain Grow Apart

12. What were some reasons that the colonists began to feel less loyal to Britain than before the war?

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