Question

Close Reading: According to lines 3 - 7, what advantage do the French-American colonists have over the British-American Colonists?

Answer 1

Answer:

The advantage that French-American colonists had over the British-American Colonists was that French-Americans worked in unified manner, they had one Direction, on Council, and one Purse, whereas, British-American colonies were disunited.

Explanation:

The French and Indian War began in 1754 over the dispute of having territorial gain of the heart of North America, that is Ohio River Valley. Ohio River Valley was the center of trade and settlements. But the issue was under which colony does this area come, French colonies or American Colonies.

During the War, the French-American colonists had upper-hand over the British-American Colonists in a way that they were unified. The French-American colonists fought under 'one Direction, one Council, and one Pulse.' Whereas, the colonies of British-America were unconnected and disunited. This disunity among the colonies was portrayed by Benjamin Franklin in his cartoon 'Join or die' which predicted that if British-American colonies will not fight in unity there will be much loss.