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“This is the Country, which the French have many Years envied us, and which they have been long meditating to make themselves Masters of: They are at length come to a Resolution to attack us. . . in one of the best of those Colonies, Virginia; and in that part of it which lies on the River Ohio. . . . The French however if they find their Way to the Coast of Virginia, will easily over-run the provinces, because each Province considers itself as independence of the Rest, and the Invaders from Canada all act under one Governor; to unite 13 Provinces which fill an Extent of 1600 Miles is not easy. . . . Canada must be subdued.”
The Maryland Gazette, 1755
According to the excerpt, what caused the conflict between the French and the British?
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(Choice A, Incorrect)
INCORRECT
invasion of French troops into Britain
The French had planned an invasion of Britain during the Seven Years’ War but could not invade because they did not have enough ships after several destructive battles.
(Choice B, Incorrect)
INCORRECT
British support of French revolutionaries
The French Revolution started in 1789, twenty-four years after the Maryland Gazette published this article.
(Choice C, Incorrect)
INCORRECT
British encroachment into colonial Florida
The British did not invade Florida during this conflict as at that time it belonged to the Spanish, not the French.
(Choice D, Checked, Correct)
CORRECT (SELECTED)
competing claims to colonial land
The conflict referenced in the excerpt was over which European power owned the Ohio River Valley, also known as the Northwest Territory.
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