Transcript The Road to the Revolution Booklet Study Guide

The Road to the
Revolution Booklet
Study Guide
Answers to Events A - E
Packet Pages 2-4
A. French & Indian War
Who won?
– British (and their colonists)
Why was the war fought?
– Over the land in the Ohio River Valley/Great Lakes area. Both the French and
British wanted it
What great problem did the war create?
– When the colonists wanted to move onto this land, the Indians attacked them
– Britain had a lot of debt
What victory was the key to overall victory for the British?
– The Battle of Quebec
Who was dispatched to the PA backwoods to stop the French?
– George Washington
Which side did the majority of the Indians support?
– The French
What was the war called in Europe?
– The Seven Years War
B. Treaty of Paris
What was the land settlement? (Who got what?)
– France lost their land in North America
– Britain got all land East of the Mississippi River
– Spain got all land West of the Mississippi River
What does graft mean?
– corruption
C. Pontiac’s Rebellion
Why did it occur?
– The Indians were upset with British traders and settlers
moving onto their land
Where did it occur
– Throughout the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley
How successful was it?
– At first, it was successful
– When they put Fort Pitt under siege, British sent more
soldiers
– British won the Battle of Bushy Run and the Indians signed
a peace treaty
D. Battle of Bushy Run
Who was fighting?
– The Indians (Pontiac’s Rebellion) had Fort Pitt (British)
under siege. Britain sent more soldiers.
How did the British win?
– A disciplined, Indian style fighting
Where did the battle take place?
– About 20 miles east of Fort Pitt
What did Bouquet build?
– The flour bag fort
E. Proclamation Line of 1763
What did it prohibit and why?
– The colonists were not allowed to move west of the
Appalachian Mountains
– To prevent any more fighting with the Indians
– British wouldn’t send more soldiers to defend the colonists,
too expensive
– It was disrupting trade
Where were no settlements allowed?
– All the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
What did it create?
– An Indian Reservation on the land between the Mississippi
River and the Appalachian Mountains