SparkNotes: The French and Indian War (1754-1763): Review Test

What was preliminary conflict to the French and Indian War?

(A) King Phillip's War

(B) King James' War

(C) King George's War

(D) Burger King's War

What was the main pressure leading up to the French and Indian War?

(A) Concern for the Indians

(B) Desire for land

(C) A war in Europe

(D) Different political philosophies

Who was the governor of Virginia that sparked the conflict by sending a messenger to the French in late 1753?

(A) Robert Dinwiddie

(B) Robert Fiddlesticks

(C) Thomas Penn

(D) John Brown

Who was that messenger?

(A) Alexander Hamilton

(B) Andrew Jackson

(C) Benjamin Franklin

(D) George Washington

What was the name of the fort erected by that messenger's troops after the first fight of the war?

(A) Necessary

(B) Necessity

(C) Temporary

(D) Ineffective

Where was this fort erected?

(A) Green Fields

(B) New Meadows

(C) Great Meadows

(D) Green Meadows

What was the ironic date of the fort's surrender to the French?

(A) December 25

(B) July 4

(C) October 31

(D) July 14

What became of many Acadians displaced by the British takeover of Acadia in 1755?

(A) They became Louisiana Cajuns

(B) They went to Montreal

(C) They went back to France

(D) They joined the Indians

What was the name of the first British general to set foot in America?

(A) Edward Scissorhands

(B) James Abercromby

(C) James Pitt

(D) Edward Braddock

What were the elements of this general's three-pronged strategy?

(A) Montreal, Fort Western, Fort Frederick

(B) Fort Oswego, Fort Carillon, Fort Edward

(C) Fort Niagara, Fort Frederick, Fort Duquesne

(D) Fort Niagara, Quebec, Montreal

What became of this general?

(A) He went on to great fame as the orchestrator of English victory

(B) He was a traitor who joined the French

(C) He was defeated and killed in the attack on Fort Duquesne

(D) He died at Fort Oswego

Where was the first British victory?

(A) The battle of Montreal

(B) The battle of Lake George

(C) The battle of Quebec

(D) The battle of Lake Huron

Who led the first British victory?

(A) Ben Howard

(B) Howard Johnson

(C) Ben Johnson

(D) William Johnson

What was this war hero's day job?

(A) He was the Indian agent for New York

(B) He lived off of his parents' wealth

(C) He served in the state congress

(D) He made hats

What type of immigrant was this hero?

(A) Dutch

(B) Irish

(C) African

(D) Spanish

What year did France and England declare war?

(A) 1755

(B) 1754

(C) 1756

(D) 1777

What was the name of the French commander-in-chief?

(A) Montesquieu

(B) Stormy

(C) Montcalm

(D) Calming

What was the name of the English commander-in-chief?

(A) Earl of Loundoun

(B) Earl of London

(C) Duke of Earl

(D) Earl of Sandwich

Why was there a "mutiny" at Crown Point among the colonial soldiers?

(A) They were tired of waiting for a fight

(B) The Earl made them lackeys for the British soldiers

(C) They wanted to go home

(D) The Earl humiliated them by demoting them because they were colonials

When was the battle of Fort William Henry?

(A) 1776

(B) 1757

(C) 1756

(D) 1755

What was the name of the British general who retreated from the fort?

(A) Duck

(B) Spider

(C) Webb

(D) Webbie

What was the name of the lieutenant colonel he left in charge?

(A) Henry

(B) James

(C) Munro

(D) Monroe

Who was the author who dramatized this battle?

(A) James Fenimore Cooper

(B) William James

(C) Flannery O'Connor

(D) James Poland

What was the name of the book this author wrote about this battle?

(A) Catch 22

(B) All Quiet on the Western Front

(C) The Deerslayer

(D) The Last of the Mohicans

About how many people were killed in the massacre?

(A) About 250

(B) About 2,000,000

(C) About 20

(D) About 2,000

Why was the British lieutenant colonel's request for reinforcements denied?

(A) The message was not delivered in time

(B) The message was never received

(C) It was the personal decision of the general who abandoned the fort

(D) No reinforcements were available

What were the "years of defeat" for the British?

(A) 1753-1760

(B) 1754-58

(C) 1753-56

(D) 1756-59

What was the name of the leader of the British ministry?

(A) James Abercromby

(B) William Pitt

(C) Cherry Pitt

(D) William James

In what year did the tide begin to turn for the British?

(A) 1758

(B) 1778

(C) 1756

(D) 1759

What victory opened the route to Canada for the British?

(A) The battle of Fort William Henry

(B) The battle of Duquesne

(C) The battle of Montreal

(D) The battle of Louisbourg

When the British conquered Fort Duquesne, what did they rename it?

(A) Fort Washington

(B) Fort Pitt

(C) Fort Braddock

(D) Fort George

Today, what is the name of the city where that fort stood?

(A) Albany

(B) Hershey

(C) Pittsburgh

(D) Philadelphia

What victory opened the Western frontier to the British?

(A) Detroit

(B) Crown Point

(C) Fort Necessity

(D) Fort Duquesne

What was the name of the French island the British conquered in the spring of 1759?

(A) Guadeloupe

(B) Puerto Rico

(C) St. Croix

(D) Jamaica

Why was this island valuable?

(A) It produced rice for the French peasants

(B) It was not valuable

(C) It was valuable strategically for the French

(D) It was a major sugar-producing island

What was the name of the British general who led the battle of Quebec?

(A) Washington

(B) Wolfe

(C) Webb

(D) Wolverine

What was so difficult about this battle?

(A) The British were on unfamiliar territory

(B) The British couldn't fight

(C) The city was heavily fortified and defended

(D) The French ambushed the British

How long did the battle of Quebec take?

(A) 3 weeks

(B) 3 months

(C) 2 months

(D) 2 days

What took the battle so long?

(A) The British did not have enough men to surround the city and had to use a siege

(B) Both armies suffered from the winter and desertion by their troops

(C) The French kept calling for reinforcements

(D) The British kept calling for reinforcements

How long did the actual battle last?

(A) 4 weeks

(B) 3 days

(C) About 15 days

(D) About 15 minutes

What happened to both generals in the battle?

(A) They had a duel

(B) They were both killed

(C) They engaged in hand-to-hand combat with each other

(D) They deserted

What was the next French city to fall?

(A) Detroit

(B) The Yukon territory

(C) Vancouver

(D) Montreal

When did the British flag fly over Detroit, signaling the end of the war?

(A) November 20, 1760

(B) September 15, 1760

(C) December 1, 1760

(D) September 31, 1760

When was the Treaty of Paris signed?

(A) 1763

(B) 1760

(C) 1765

(D) 1761

What did France give up, and to whom?

(A) All of its colonial territories to the British

(B) Nothing

(C) All territory east of the Mississippi to the British; all territory west of the Mississippi to the Spanish

(D) Just Louisiana, to the British

What was France allowed to keep?

(A) New France (Canada)

(B) All its territory west of the Mississippi

(C) Nothing

(D) New Orleans, Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia

What Indian nation did Pontiac belong to?

(A) Delaware

(B) Ottawa

(C) Seneca

(D) Cherokee

When did "Pontiac's War" break out?

(A) March 1765

(B) November 1764

(C) April 1763

(D) October 1767

How long did "Pontiac's War" last?

(A) 7 months

(B) 10 days

(C) 2 weeks

(D) 7 years

What conflicts did the French and Indian War leave unsolved?

(A) The presence of the French in America

(B) Conflict with colonists, land claims

(C) Conflict with colonists

(D) None