USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

THE INDIAN WARS STRUGGLE BETWEEN NATIVE AMERICANS AND SETTLERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
At the end of the French and Indian War, what land was lost by the French and Spanish?
A
France-North America/ Spain-Florida
B
France-lower Mississippi/ Spain-land in West
C
France-Montreal&Quebec/Spain-Florida
D
France-Northwest Passage/ Spain-South America
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -France also ceded its territory east of the Mississippi to Great Britain, as well as French Louisiana west of the Mississippi River to its ally Spain in compensation for Spain’s loss to Britain of Spanish Florida.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the Treaty of Paris, France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada, and various French holdings overseas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The British had won the French and Indian War. They took control of the lands that had been claimed by France (see below). France lost its mainland possessions to North America. Britain now claimed all the land from the east coast of North America to the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. In the terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there.

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