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Practice Exam

Question 1 • World History and Geography

Which choice most accurately describes the consequences that France faced after the Seven Years’ War?

Answer
A
The French were pushed out of the contiguous United States, and their lands were given to the British.
B
The French gave up their colonies east of the Mississippi and Canada to Britain, and they gave New Orleans to Spain.
C
The French were pushed out of the Ohio River Valley, and their lands were given to the British.
D
The French gave up their colonies west of the Mississippi and Canada to Britain, and they gave New Orleans to Spain.

Explanation

In the 1763 Treaty of Paris, France ceded Canada and its territory east of the Mississippi River to Britain. France transferred Louisiana, including New Orleans, to Spain. Choice B correctly describes these losses; choice D reverses which power received the territory west of the Mississippi.

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