Question: Where did the French build Fort Duquesne?
Answer: the Forks" where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio River

Question: What city is now located where Fort Duquesne was built?
Answer: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Question: Were the British successful in stopping the building of Fort Duquesne?
Answer: British attempts to halt this fort construction were unsuccessful

Question: Who led the British militia to drive the French out of Fort Duquesne?
Answer: Led by George Washington

Question: Where did the French for General George Washington's surrender?
Answer: Fort Necessity

Question: Which country dispatched regular troops to North America?
Answer: Britain and France

Question: What was the result of the British attack on Ft Duquesne?
Answer: the expedition ended in disastrous defeat

Question: Who led the British assault on Ft. Duquesne?
Answer: British Major General Edward Braddock

Question: What was the result of the naval encounter between Britain and France?
Answer: Admiral Edward Boscawen fired on the French ship Alcide on 8 June 1755, capturing it and two troop ships

Question: Who won the Battle of Lake George?
Answer: inconclusive

Question: How much effort did France put into wars to defend its colonies?
Answer: It would let colonies defend themselves or would offer only minimal help

Question: Identify a major factor in this feckless strategy by France of not defending its colonies with enthusiasm?
Answer: geography, coupled with the superiority of the British navy, made it difficult

Question: Why did the French rulers need a large domestic army?
Answer: several long land borders made an effective domestic army imperative

Question: How much success did France have in adding European territory with this approach?
Answer: France had few counterbalancing European successes.

Question: In treaty negotiations, what trades did France hope to make.
Answer: in treaty negotiations, to trade territorial acquisitions in Europe to regain lost overseas possessions.

Question: How did the British avoid having large contingents of troops in continental Europe?
Answer: allying themselves with one or more Continental powers whose interests were antithetical to those of their enemies,

Question: Identify an advantage that Britain had during the Seven Year's War.
Answer: Britain could turn London's enormous financial power to military advantage

Question: Who led the armies supporting British interests in central Europe?
Answer: Frederick the Great of Prussia

Question: What country was driven into an alliance with France by the British pairing with Prussia?
Answer: leaving Austria to side with France

Question: How did the British behave in defending their colonies compared to the French approach?
Answer: In marked contrast to France, Britain strove to prosecute the war actively in the colonies

Question: What was the grand strategy of prime minister William Pitt?
Answer: a grand strategy of seizing the entire French Empire

Question: What was Pitt's primary military advantage?
Answer: Britain's main weapon was the Royal Navy

Question: What locations did Pitt want from France?
Answer: North America and India

Question: How did Pitt plan to augment the British regular troops?
Answer: He also planned to use colonial forces from the Thirteen American colonies

Question: How did Pitt's strategy affect Britain's future plans?
Answer: even after that the British continued his strategy

Question: What was the reason that the British Prime Minister thought that ware in Europe could be prevented?
Answer: the new series of alliances could prevent war from breaking out in Europe

Question: What country initiated conflict?
Answer: the French opened the campaign against the British by an attack on Minorca

Question: What was the result for Admiral Byng?
Answer: Admiral Byng was court-martialed and executed

Question: When was war declared between Britain and France?
Answer: War between Britain and France had been formally declared on 18 May

Question: How did the timing of the declaration of war compare to the conflicts in North America between Britain and France?
Answer: nearly two years after fighting had broken out in the Ohio Country.

Question: How did Frederick II of Prussia respond to news of British and French clashes in North America?
Answer: he led Prussian troops across the border of Saxony

Question: What country was Saxony aligned with?
Answer: Saxony, one of the small German states in league with Austria

Question: Fpr what possession of Prussia was the Saxony invasion a distraction?
Answer: pre-emption of an anticipated Austro-French invasion of Silesia

Question: What was one goal of the invasion of Saxony?
Answer: he would seize Saxony and eliminate it as a threat to Prussia

Question: What was another goal of the invasion of Saxony?
Answer: to advance into Bohemia where he might set up winter quarters at Austria's expense

Question: How did Frederick protect Silesia when he went to invade Saxony?
Answer: leaving Field Marshal Count Kurt von Schwerin in Silesia with 25,000 soldiers to guard against incursions from Moravia or Hungary

Question: How did Frederick protect East Prussia when he went to invade Saxony?
Answer: leaving Field Marshal Hans von Lehwaldt in East Prussia to guard against Russian invasion from the east

Question: Describe the command of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick.
Answer: a column of about 15,000 men

Question: Describe the command of the Duke ofBrunswich-Bevern.
Answer: a column of 18,000 men

Question: Describe the command of Field Marshall James Keith 
Answer: a corps of 30,000 troops.

Question: How much resistance did Frederick encounter in Saxon?
Answer: Saxon and Austrian armies were unprepared, and their forces were scattered.

Question: What reinforcements were the Saxons expecting?
Answer: Frederick prevented the isolated Saxon army from being reinforced by an Austrian army under General Browne

Question: What happened to the Saxon army?
Answer: Saxon army surrendered in October 1756, and was forcibly incorporated into the Prussian army

Question: What was the result of the fury of Europe?
Answer: led to the strengthening of the anti-Prussian coalition

Question: What characteristic of Saxony caused Europe to be mad?
Answer: attack on neutral Saxony caused outrage

Question: How did Britain Protect Hanover?
Answer: combined force of allied German states was organised by the British to protect Hanover

Question: How did the British support Prussia?
Answer: shipping supplies and ₤670,000

Question: Why did the Dutch reject Britain's offer to join the alliance?
Answer: the Dutch wished to remain fully neutral

Question: Who had done better, the Prussians in Europe or the Brits in North America?
Answer: successful for the Prussian-led forces on the continent, in contrast to disappointing British campaigns in North America.

Question: Who led the force to defend Hanover?
Answer: under the command of the Duke of Cumberland

Question: Where did the Austrians retreat in May of 1757?
Answer: the fortifications of Prague

Question: What were casualties like in the 1757 battle in Prague?
Answer: both forces suffered major casualties

Question: Who led the Prussian assault on Prague in 1757
Answer: Frederick II

Question: Why did Frederick reduce his manpower at Prague?
Answer: Frederick took 5,000 troops from the siege at Prague and sent them to reinforce the 19,000-man army under the Duke of Brunswick-Bevern at Kolin in Bohemia

Question: How did Austrian Marshall Daun reverse the situation at Prague?
Answer: picked up 16,000 men who had escaped from the battle. With this army he slowly moved to relieve Prague.

Question: What led to the defeat of the Prussians at Memel?
Answer: five days of artillery bombardment

Question: How did the Russians used the captured Memel?
Answer: used Memel as a base to invade East Prussia