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16 Cards in this Set
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What did France call the land
they claimed in America? |
New France
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What did France call the first
settlement in New France? |
Quebec
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What current country did New
France cover most of? |
Canada
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What were most of the Frenchmen
who came to the new world interested in? |
fur trading
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The French and English
settlers were very _________ (similar, different) |
different
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France's claim that she owned
land along which two rivers caused problems with the English. |
Mississippi River and
Ohio River |
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Along which river did the French
build forts to strengthen her claim to the land claimed by the English? |
Ohio River
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What did the English colonists
do that made the French settlers very angry? |
They started to clear the
land to build homes. |
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Why didn't the French want
the English colonists to clear the land? |
It would destroy the homes of fur bearing animals.
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Who did the French ask to
help them fight the English? |
The Indians
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As a result of fighting by
the rules of war for Europe, what British general got killed? |
General Edward Braddock
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The defeat of which city by
the English marked the beginning of France's defeat? |
Quebec
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What New France city was
built high on a cliff above the St. Lawrence River? |
Quebec
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In what year did the French build thier first permanent in the New World
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1608
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Why was it hard for the English to attack Quebe?
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The city is built high along a clift.
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What river was the city of Quebec built near?
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St. Lawrence River.
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