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What were the French and British fighting over?
Ohio River Valley, and control of North America
Why was Acadia a center of conflict?
It was a strategic position because it was where supply and military ships passed
Which treaty gave the British control of all of North America?
Treaty of Paris
What year was the Treaty of Paris signed?
1763
What was the fight for the city of Quebec called?
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
What was left to France in the Treaty of Paris?
islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and Guadeloupe
List two details of the Quebec Act
Quebec had religious freedom; boundaries of Quebec were extended beyond proclamation line; French civil law reinstated
What did the British require of the Acadians in 1755?
Oath of Allegiance
A First Nations leader who convinced the Haudenosaunee to join battles against the British
Pontiac
Barriers to separate land from sea water were called...
digues
Fort Louisbourg was built on what is today...
Cape Breton Island
Did the Royal Proclamation expect Canadiens to leave, coexist or assimilate?
assimilate
Many of the conflicts with First Nations were because of differing opinions about land ownership. Explain.
FN thought land was to be shared, and didn't have owners. Europeans thought everything was owned.
The battle for the Ohio River Valley was called the....
7 Years' War
This treaty, which ended the War of Spanish Succession, gave Acadia to Britain
Treaty of Utrecht
Why did the British deport the Acadians?
They thought they couldn't trust them because they had French roots
