1. Name: _____________________________________Date: ____________Period: ______
Close the Gaps: French and Indian War
DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks with the best possible person, place, event or key term.
During the 18th century, Britain and France were interested in acquiring land, trade,
fur, and power in North America. This caused major tension between these two countries.
Chief Tiyanoga, a Mohawk statesman, urged the colonies to unite. "You will be better off
defensively if you join together." He foresaw a war between Britain and ____________
and wanted the colonies to protect themselves. Benjamin ______________________was
a man with a plan. He presented a plan, modeled after the Iroquois League, to unify the
13 colonies under a representative council for their mutual defense. His slogan for
unification was ________________________. His plan was named the
___________________________. The plan was rejected because the colonies feared a
central government and wanted to govern themselves.
The Native Americans became involved in the rivalry between Britain and France.
War was formally declared in 1756. Native American tribes felt that the ______________
had been more kind and brotherly towards them and thus allied with them. The Iroquois
remained neutral in the beginning of the war yet eventually allied with the
______________________ while the French allied with the Huron and Algonquin.
The French and Indian War had two theaters: North America and Europe. The
European theater of this war was called the ___________________________. The most
commonly used warfare was ______________________. However, the Native Americans
used hit and run tactics known as _________________warfare.

2. In his early days, the young (22 years old) and handsome ________________ was
sent by Governor Dinwiddie to remove the French from the Ohio Valley. His efforts were
unsuccessful and he eventually surrendered to the French at Fort __________________.
The turning point of the war came when England elected a new head of their
parliamentary system called a prime minister. The new prime minister,
_______________, poured massive amounts of money into the war leading to debt. This
war debt set the stage for the war known as ____________________________.
British General Wolfe sought to take the French by surprise at a cliff side fort in
Canada on the St. Lawrence River. After the British spotted women washing laundry in
the river and found a path up the cliff, the commander of French Forces, _____________,
was defeated and killed. Wolfe was also fatally wounded. This battle was known as the
Battle of __________________.
The ________________________ (don’t forget the year) ended the French and
Indian War. There were several terms to this treaty. France lost land east of the
Mississippi River and Spain gave _______________ to England.
British Major General Jeffrey Amherst wrote a letter to his superiors that stated,
“Could it not be contrived to send the __________________________among them?”
This deliberate attempt to kill the Native Americans is an example of ________________.
In response to the British sending in the smallpox, there was an uprising (1763-1766).
_____________, an Ottawa Chief and Holy Man, allied with the Shawnee, Delaware, and
Chippewa in driving the British out of the Ohio Valley.

3. Close the Gaps….people, places, events, key terms…
1. Seven Years War
2. French
3. British
4. Treaty of Paris, 1763
5. Pontiac
6. George Washington
7. Montcalm
8. Join or Die
9. Franklin
10.Albany Plan
11.rank and file
12.Florida
13.genocide
14.American Revolution
15.guerilla
16.Quebec
17.William Pitt
18.France
19.Necessity
20.smallpox