2. Why does the author say that it was the fourth European war fought in "most shaped America's destiny"?
3. Why was George Washington "hailed a hero" after surrendering to the French in 1754?
4. What do you think King George II meant when he said “He would not say so had he been
used to hear many"?
5. Why did many natives feel the French to be the lesser of two evils" when compared to
the English?
6. What happened to General Edward Braddock on his way to Fort Duquesne in 1755
(known as the Battle of the Monongahela)?
7. What happened to the French after the 1763 Treaty of Paris?
What do sugar and stamps have to do with revolutions?
8. What two views of the American Revolution are discussed at the top of page 64?