The French and Indian War

Question 1 • MN-US History I-CR

Which best identifies the major cause of the French and Indian War?

Answer

Overlapping claims by the French, the Huron, and the Algonquin resulted in the Indigenous peoples working together to drive the French off the continent.

Overlapping claims by the French, the British, and the Spanish created fierce competition between the three European nations.

Overlapping claims by individual American colonies were exacerbated by differing cultures in the New England, middle, and southern colonies.

Overlapping claims by the British and the Iroquois Confederacy resulted in Indigenous peoples working together to drive the British off the continent.

Explanation

The French and Indian War grew mainly from competing French and British claims in North America, especially in the Ohio River Valley. Both nations sought control of valuable land and the fur trade, leading to armed conflict; Spain was also involved in the wider imperial rivalry. Choice B best identifies this competition among European powers. The other choices incorrectly describe Indigenous nations as the main force trying to expel the French or British, or focus on divisions among the colonies.

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