Some Answers to Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6

The Duel for North America, 1608–1763

PART I: Reviewing the Chapter

A. Checklist of Learning Objectives

After mastering this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Explain what caused the great contest for North America between Britain and France, and why Britain won.

Both countries wished to become the dominant colonial power in North America so as to better exploit the natural resources there, and thus boost the wealth of the nation. Britain won because they established naval supremacy across the Atlantic

2. Describe France’s colonial settlements and their expansion, and compare New France with Britain’s colonies in North America.

Frances’s expansion was big. Their expansion created different groups to from. For example some of those groups where fur trappers, traders, Fishermen, and permanent settlers. New France and the Britain’s colonies were tied and bounded together through water. It went from the Acadeia through the Great lakes and Mississippi Valley.

3. Explain how Britain’s colonists became embroiled in the home country’s wars with France.

Due to Britain’s great power it allowed them to create an even stronger military. The prosperity of its growth caused an international rivalry among the other great colonial.

4. Describe the colonists’ role in the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War), and indicate the consequences of the French defeat for Americans.

The war was fought due to the North America conflict that was part of an imperial conflict. It was between Great Britain and France. The war ended in 1763 due to the Treaty of Paris. Great Britain had gained a great amount of territories. This wasn’t good for Americans because they were forced to pay off the war debt of Britain.

5. Indicate how and why the British victory in the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War) became one of the causes of the American Revolution.

One of the causes was that the Americans had to pay for all the expenses that...