Directions:  Fill in each blank with the word that best
completes the reading comprehension.

     Over the next two years, the French lost frontier posts
at Fort Niagara and then the Fortress of Louisbourg at the
mouth of the St. Lawrence. From that point, the British
could (1)  _______________________   much of what
was meant to go to Quebec City. That included food (2)  _______________________   as well as military
reinforcements. They also captured Fort Frontenac,
this gave them control of Lake Ontario. In the middle of that same summer of 1758, Brig. General John Forkes took a contingent of men to try to take Fort Duquesne where the war's first skirmish had occurred. He succeeded and then held (3)  _______________________   talks with the region's Iroquois. They all agreed to peace with Britain and left the French without allies.
     The (4)  _______________________   of the French from the upper Ohio Valley left it open to British colonization. Forbes rebuilt the destroyed fort and called it Fort Pitt. It would later be the site of the city of Pittsburgh.
     In 1759, the British were still gaining more and more control in North America. The French forts at Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and Niagara fell to their control. There was only one major base left to the French, the fortress at Quebec.
     Plans were soon under way to take Quebec as well. Once it was in the hands of the British, no other French forts that remained would be able to (5)  _______________________  .
     General James Wolfe was to lead the attack. A (6)  _______________________   of nine thousand men from Britain and the colonies was fielded. It was the largest attacking force of the war. A fleet of twenty ships was ready to support them from the river. This was more difficult than it seems because the river was (7)  _______________________   difficult to navigate near Quebec City, and many ships could easily have been lost.
     On June 27, 1759, the British lay siege against Quebec City. The city sat at the top of 180 foot tall cliffs, and the French felt secure in the belief that they could hold off the British. In July, Wolfe tried to assault the (8)  _______________________   near the river and was (9)  _______________________  .
     In the meantime the English ships kept the French from being (10)  _______________________  . That September, Wolfe learned of a path that went up from the river to the top of the cliffs. Some say that Wolfe's scouts found the hidden path, while others say that a discontented Frenchman showed them the path's location. In one night the general had his men scramble to the top of the cliffs and get into battle (11)  _______________________  . When the people of Quebec woke the next morning, they were greeted with the sight of the British army on their doorsteps, the Plains of Abraham.
     The French General Montcalm had trouble getting his scattered army together but decided to fight anyway. They charged the British and fired while still too far away. The British waited until they could see the whites of their eyes and then fired, wiping out most of the French line. It is estimated that the battle took only thirty minutes, but in that time both commanders were mortally wounded.
     The battle on the Plains of Abraham (12)  _______________________   a major turning point for the war. Now there remained only two isolated French forts, Detroit and Montreal. By the end of the next year, both of these forts had fallen into British hands. The English had successfully taken control of North America from the French.
     This control was officially recognized by the Treaty of Paris in February 1763 which gave Canada and all of North America (13)  _______________________   of the Mississippi to the English, all but New Orleans. All lands west of the Mississippi including New Orleans were given to the Spanish. In return, the Spanish ceded Florida to the British.
     Many of the Native Americans in the (14)  _______________________   French territory were not happy with the change. They did not trust the British, and some were (15)  _______________________   to change things, violently if necessary.

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The French and Indian War, Part 3

Crack the code! Write the real word that each of the codes represent. Each letter in the real word has been changed to another letter. For example, a B in the code might really mean C. Once you figure out the code for one letter, the same code is used for all the words on this sheet.