Exam 6: The Duel for North America

A) successfully gained control of the St.Lawrence Valley.
B) often had their military successes bargained away in diplomacy.
C) were forced to bear most of the economic costs of the conflicts.
D) were able to hold off the French without British assistance.
E) were able to prevent Indian raids on their settlements.

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A) resulted in victory for Britain.
B) concentrated on Quebec and Montreal.
C) represented sound strategic planning.
D) ended in defeat.
E) bogged down in bloody guerilla warfare.

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A) Protestant takeover of the French government.
B) Edict of Nantes that ended the religious wars.
C) accession of Louis XIV to the French throne.
D) St.Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
E) Seven Years' War.

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A) had little impact on the French and Indian War.
B) was a key turning point in Queen Anne's War.
C) was a dramatic victory for the French.
D) was the last battle of the French and Indian War.
E) ranks as one of the most significant victories in British and American history.

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A) was sharply expanded.
B) began to melt somewhat.
C) finally came to a complete end.
D) resulted in the creation of separate state militias.
E) led the British to impose a restriction on westward movement.

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A) fought in European waters.
B) a great victory for Spain.
C) started when Captain Jenkins had his ear cut off by the Spanish.
D) was caused by a dispute over succession to the Spanish throne.
E) a defeat for France.

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A) establish agricultural communities to produce profitable staple crops.
B) convert Indians to Protestantism.
C) compete with Spain for an empire in America.
D) provide a place for French religious dissenters to settle.
E) gain control of Britain's North American colonies.

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A) Samuel de Champlain.
B) Robert de La Salle.
C) Antoine Cadillac.
D) Pierre Des Moines.
E) Louis de Montcalm

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A) French peasants had little economic incentive to migrate.
B) Religious minorities were not permitted to emigrate.
C) The French government favored its Caribbean, island colonies over New France.
D) The colony was unable to sustain itself economically.
E) The government was almost completely autocratic.

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A) success in winning converts to Catholicism.
B) strong educational system they founded.
C) ability to establish peaceful relations with the Indians.
D) involvement in managing the fur trade.
E) exploration and work as geographers.

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A) fish.
B) gold.
C) timber.
D) cattle.
E) beavers.

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A) Florida.
B) Louisiana.
C) France.
D) Nova Scotia.
E) the French West Indies.

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A) ended the myth of British invincibility.
B) left them in need of experienced officers.
C) earned them new respect from the British.
D) gave them the opportunity finally to gain control of Mississippi.
E) created a greater reliance on British military protection against the Indians.

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A) the War of Jenkins's Ear.
B) the Seven Years' War.
C) the War of Austrian Succession.
D) King William's War.
E) Queen Anne's War.

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