Name ________________________________________________________ Period ____

French and Indian War Guided Reading

Directions: Read section 5.1 of the textbook and answer the following questions as you read. If you are confused about anything that you read, then make a note of it in the area provided above question number one so we can discuss it in class tomorrow.

1. Why was the Ohio River Valley important? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Who did the Native Americans side with?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Who were Joseph and Molly Brant?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What was Fort Necessity?________________________________________________________________________

5. Why did the Albany Plan of Union fail?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. What was Braddock’s disaster?________________________________________________________________________

7. Why is William Pitt an important figure to know?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. What did the Treaty of Paris do and who benefited from it?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________