History Quiz

Key Concepts to Study for the History Quiz:

Date of Quiz: Friday, November 27th, 2015 

Chapter 3

The French and the First Nations people 

• the rise of the British in North America during the 1740s and how the French needed support
• examples of how the French learned from the First Nations peoples
• the year that the Great Peace of Montreal was signed and what it was

The Loss of Acadia and Its Aftermath

• what made Acadia so vulnerable  
• the dates of the Spanish Succession, what it was, and what the outcome was 
• the year Acadia became a British colony 
• the oath of allegiance and why this was introduced 

The Seven Years War (1756-1763)

• the leader of the British
• the leader of the French
• what happened on the Beauport Shore and the outcome
• Wolfe's plan of attack and the Beauport "feint"
• what happened at the Anse-au Foulon
• what happened at the Plains of Abraham and the "thin red line" 
• the articles of capitulation (numbers 25 & 28)
• The treaty of Paris (1763)

The Significance of New France

• the influence of the French on the First Nations peoples and different ways the First Nations had to adapt