Social 7 Chapter 5 Study Guide
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
____.Acadia formed part of the Mi’kmaq’s homeland.
____.Acadia was a centre of conflict between France and Britain because it was an area where supply ships and military ships passed.
____.By 1763, France claimed only a small portion of North America, what is now part of Newfoundland and the two islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
____.France eventually won the struggle to control all of North America.
____.In 1749, most of Acadia was considered to be French territory.
____.The British forced the Acadians to leave Acadia because they broke their Oath of Loyalty to Britain.
____.The Mi’kmaq fought French colonization of their homeland for almost 40 years because the French were known to push First Nations peoples off their land.
____.The struggle to control North America had three main geographic divisions. The struggle focused partly on the Atlantic coast, where Britain and France had trade routes, partly in the interior, where the best fur country lay, and on the Pacific coast, where Britain and France found the best fishing.
____.The Treaty of Paris, which was signed in 1763, gave the British control of all of North America, including the First Nations’ land.
____.The Treaty of Utrecht gave France control of Acadia in 1713.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____11.Which of the following is not part of the Québec Act, which was passed in 1774?
Canadiens could hold government positions without having to take an oath of loyalty.French civil law was reinstated.
Québec had complete religious freedom to be either Catholic or Protestant.
The boundaries of Québec were extended beyond the proclamation line.
____12.In 1755, the British required which oath from the Acadians?
oath of allegiance / oath of assimilationoath of neutrality / oath of religious freedom
____13.The Acadians built “digues,” which were ______.
barriers to separate land from watercrops of swamp grass used to feed horses, cows, and oxen
crops of wheat, oat, barley, corn, and hemp
salt marshes
____14.The Great Deportation affected the Mi’kmaq people because they had a history of alliance, friendship, and ______with the Acadians.
protection / intermarriageneutrality / settlements
____15.The removal of the Acadians by the British is an example of ______.
alliance / assimilationdeportation / colonization
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____16.Britain took control of Acadia through which treaty?
Treaty of Royal Proclamation / Treaty of UtrechtTreaty of Paris / Treaty of Louisbourg
____17.______was a leader of the Odawa Nation who organized an alliance of First Nations to oppose Britain’s takeover.
Pontiac / MinwewehNoondam / Vaudreuil
____18.Which of the following factors contributed to Britain’s decision to deport the Acadians?
Even though the Acadians had lived under British rule for more than 40 years, they were unruly and were unable to live peacefully.The Acadians did not live up to their oath of neutrality.
The British assumed they could not trust the Acadians, because they were French.
The British settlers outnumbered the French settlers two to one.
____19.Fort Louisbourg was built on what is today ______?
Cape Breton Island / Grand PréHalifax / Belleisle
____20.Under the Treaty of Paris, France kept the colony of ______.
New France / GuadeloupeQuébec / Abraham
____21.The Royal Proclamation of 1763 made it clear that Britain expected the Canadiens to ______.
assimilate / pay tithesleave / coexist
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Completion
Complete each statement using the following words: Word list will appear on the test
22.For France and Britain, Acadia represented a base for attacking each other, and for ______their own colonies and trade routes.
23.______was “French” but France had never fought the Mi’kmaq or asked for their surrender in any way.
24.The process of one country establishing domination over a territory in another country is called ______.
25.______was the capital and military stronghold of New France.
26.The Battle of the Plains of Abraham has been considered a ______battle.
27.______had hoped that France would try to recover New France instead of Guadeloupe in the Treaty of Paris.
28.According to the Royal Proclamation, the Province of Québec would establish a British-style government similar to the governments in the ______.
29.Québec became a ______in 1774 when Britain passed the Québec Act.
30.The Seven Years’ War ended with the Treaty of ______.
31.The story of Pontiac is told from a ______perspective.
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Matching
Please match the following words or terms to their correct description below. Word list will be on the test
____32.One of the challenges that the French, British, and First Nations peoples faced was ______.
____33.Britain eventually won the struggle to gain control of North America. This had important ______for the people already living there.
____34.______is an example from Canada’s past that shows how conflict can draw out prejudices toward other people.
____35.The Battle of the Plains of Abraham ended because it was the ______who arrived first with more supplies and troops.
____36.The Cajun communities in the United States became established when Britain ______the Acadians.
____37.______organized opposition to the British, which eventually led to an agreement in which the British acknowledged that their defeat of France did not give them rights to First Nations land.
____38.The ______war against Britain was the longest war against colonization in North America.
____39.The British tried to achieve a ______when they created the Royal Proclamation
____40.The Mi’kmaq consider the land as a part of ______, without owners.
____41.The ______had formed a close relationship with the Mi’kmaq.
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Short Answer
42.Why did England feel that the French living in Acadia could not be trusted at the start of the Seven Years War?
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43.What were the names of the English and French Generals at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham? What city fell as a result of this battle?
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44. The Royal Proclamation had two purposes. What were they?
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45. What were three points in the Royal Proclamation?
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46. Why did Britain replace the Royal Proclamation with the Quebec Act?
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47. What were three points of the Quebec Act?
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48.Why was Acadia a centre of conflict between Britain, France, and the Mi’kmaq? Where did Britain and France build their forts?
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