The French and Indian War (a.k.a. The Seven Years' War)

Lesson 4: The French and Indian Wars (a.k.a. The Seven Years' War)
Introduction - Historians have remarked that the French and Indian War was the very first world war. Others have said that it was really the war that determined the outcome of the
Revolutionary War. Your assignment is to look into a few websites and answer the fifteen questions below: (If you do not have a computer at home, use the ones in the school library).

Benchmark: SS.8.2.2 - Describe why different people may have different perspectives of the same historical event and multiple interpretations should be considered in order to avoid historical linearity and inevitability.

GO TO: www.frenchandindianwar250.org/partners/events_details.aspx?EventID=250

Answer these questions onto MS Word after reading the above website.

1) Who was on whose side in the French and Indian Wars ?




2) What product or trade were the French involved in (in America)?


3) While within this website, go to The War : What kind of relationship did the French create with the native Americans?




4) Under noteworthy facts, what role did germs play in the French-Indian War?



5) What role did women, children, servants, and slaves play in this war?



6) What encouraged French Captain Louis de Villiers to attack Fort Necessity?
(hint: go to Google and type in Louis de Villiers)


7) Who was buried in the middle of the road and why?


8) Go to Fort Ticonderoga and write a sentence describing why Fort Ticonderoga was a strategically important location.

9) Describe the battle at Fort Ticonderoga on July 8, 1758.


10) Who were Montcalm and Wolfe? What were their roles in this war?


GO TO: www.frenchandindianwar.info/

Answer the following questions based on this website:

11) Why did the French and British fight? (what was the cause of the war)




12) What areas did the French claim as their land? Where did they control?





13) How did the British win this war?


GO TOl http://www.wqed.org/tv/specials/the-war-that-made-america/index_21.php

Answer these questions:

14) How did this war impact the American Revolutionary War?





15) What areas of North America did the English and French have disputes with?