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Ch. 5 War & British Conquest

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  • What year was the Treaty of Paris signed?
    1763
  • Which treaty gave the British control of all of North America?
    Treaty of Paris
  • What was left to France in the Treaty of Paris?
    islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and Guadeloupe
  • What did the Royal Proclamation and the Quebec Act have in common?
    their purpose was to try keep peace among the 13 Colonies, the Canadiens, and the First Nations
  • What did the British require of the Acadians in 1755?
    Oath of Allegiance
  • This treaty, which ended the War of Spanish Succession, gave Acadia to Britain
    Treaty of Utrecht
  • A First Nations leader who convinced the Haudenosaunee to join battles against the British
    Pontiac
  • Did the Royal Proclamation expect Canadiens to leave, coexist or assimilate?
    assimilate
  • Barriers to separate land from sea water were called...
    digues
  • What agreement did Pontiac get signed from the British government?
    The British acknowledged that their defeat of France did not give them rights to FN land
  • What was the fight for the city of Quebec called?
    Battle of the Plains of Abraham
  • Fort Louisbourg was built on what is today...
    Cape Breton Island
  • 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.
  • Why did the British deport the Acadians?
    They thought they couldn't trust them because they had French roots
  • What were the French and British fighting over?
    Ohio River Valley, and control of North America
  • The battle for the Ohio River Valley was called the....
    7 Years' War
  • Why was Acadia a center of conflict?
    It was a strategic position because it was where supply and military ships passed
  • List two details of the Quebec Act
    Quebec had religious freedom; boundaries of Quebec were extended beyond proclamation line; French civil law reinstated