Chapter 2


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1 British advantages in the colonial wars included all of the following EXCEPT
British colonists outnumbered French colonists 15 to 1.
The British had a unified command structure in the colonies.
The Royal Navy was superior on the sea.
Colonial privateers assisted the Royal navy.
New France was very dependent on imports from France.

2 Indian relationships with the Europeans included all of the following EXCEPT
The French were less race conscious than the British & didn't want to occupy as much land.
The British enjoyed an advantage in the fur trade since they had better manufactured goods to trade with the Indians.
The Algonquin Indians were pro-French.
The Iroquois Confederacy were pro-British.
Almost all of the Indians were pro-British.

3 In King William's War (1689-1697) the French
were led by Count Frontenac
attacked New York & New England
launched attacks on Schnectady, Salmon Falls, & Falmouth
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4 Colonial participation in King William's War included
William Phips with 700 men conquered Port Royal in 1690.
The New York Conference of 1690 proposed an overland strike from Albany to Montreal and a sea force up the St. Lawrence River to Quebec.
The overland expedition was canceled when it suffered from smallpox and a lack of provisions & boats.
The sea force under William Phips was canceled due to the cold weather & lack of supplies.
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5 The results of King William's War included
There were frontier raids from 1690-1697.
The Treaty of Ryswick was a status quo ante bellum treaty so no territory changed hands.
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6 In Queen Anne's War (1701-1713) the southern campaigns included
Gov. James Moore of SC took St. Augustine in 1702 but then withdrew to Charleston.
Moore devastated the area between St. Augustine & Pensacola.
Spain & France launched an assault on Charleston in 1706 but failed to take it.
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7 New York's role in Queen Anne's War was
to avoid any action until 1709
to keep the Iroquois neutral & avoid hurting the fur trade
try to keep peace along its borders
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8 New England's role in Queen Anne's War was
primarily to fight Indians from 1701-09 and then get New York & the Iroquois to join the war effort in 1709
became suspicious of the British as several campaigns fail
to plan a campaign against Montreal that the British called off
watch while the British took Port Royal in 1710 & made Arcadia British.
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9 The results of Queen Anne's War included
The war ended in the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713
The British got Arcadia, Newfoundland, & the shores of Hudson Bay from the French.
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10 The southern campaigns in King George's War of 1740-48 included
James Oglethorpe and his militia failed to take St. Augustine in 1739.
The British/colonial attempt to take Caratagena failed & led to recriminations between the British & the colonists.
Oglethorpe successfully defended Frederica GA against the Spanish in 1742.
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11 The northern campaigns of King George's War included
The Massachusetts colony wanted to captured Louisbourg.
William Pepperrill & 4,000 militia captured Louisbourg from the French.
Some Americans saw the hand of God involved in this capture.
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12 The results of King George's War included
The Treaty of Aux-la-Chapelle ended the war.
It was a status quo ante bellum treaty.
Louisbourg was given back to the French.
The colonists were outraged that Louisbourg was returned to the French.
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13 The beginning of the French & Indian War occurred when
The French expanded into the Ohio country.
The Virginians decided to stop the expansion.
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14 Early British/colonial failures in the French & Indian War included
The French captured Washington's force at the forks of the Ohio in 1754.
Edward Braddock was ambushed in western Pennsylvania in 1755.
William Johnson failed to take Crown Point in 1755 & Gov. Shirley failed in the Niagara campaign in 1755.
The French under Montcalm took Ft. William Henry in 1756.
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15 British & colonial successes under William Pitt as PM included
Pitt decided to use a maritime & colonial strategy rather than a continental strategy to pick up French colonies.
Jeffrey Amherst took Louisbourg & John Forbes took Ft. Duquesne in 1758.
Amherst took Crown point & Ft. Ticonderoga in 1759.
James Wolfe captured Quebec in 1759 & Montreal surrendered in 1760.
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16 The results of the French & Indian War included
France lost all of her continental North American territories except for two small fishing islands off Canada.
France gave New Orleans & all her land west of the Mississippi river to Spain.
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17 The French & Indian War
It showed a growing rift between British officers & colonists.
The British see the colonists as lazy & ill-disciplined & used them as wagoneers & boatmen.
The colonists see the British as haughty men who inflicted harsh punishments on enlisted men.
The Indians are questionable allies.
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