1. Why did the British and their American colonial subjects win the contest with the French for
control of North America?

2. In what ways were the American colonists involved in the mother country's struggle with
France?

3. How did French relations with the Indians compare with those of Britain and Spain?

4. Why did most Indian peoples fight with the French against Britain and its American colonists
in the French and Indian War?

5. Explain why Britain's success in defeating the French empire laid the foundations for future
failures in dealing with its colonial subjects.

6. How did events in France, England, and elsewhere in Europe affect the history of North Amer-
ica in this period?

7. Compare France's colonizing efforts in the New World with Spain's and England's colonies.
(See especially Chapters 1 and 2.) What factors explain France's relatively weak impact on the
New World compared with that of England's and Spain's?