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French & Indian War
French & Indian War (8.13)
Term | Definition |
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Quebec | capital of New France |
French Colonies | large size, small population; fur trappers |
13 British Colonies | smaller size, large population; needed more farm land |
French Colonies | better alliances with Native Americans |
Ohio River Valley | main caus |
Iroquois | British allies/trading partners |
George Washington | young British officer; fought against French in the Ohio River Valley |
Fort Necessity | Washington built; overtaken by French |
Fort Dusquesne | fort established by French; major British defeat |
General Braddock | refused to follow Washington's advice regarding battle strategies |
William Pitt | British prime minister; "win no matter the cost" |
Ben Franklin | Albany Plan of Union/"Join of Die" cartoon |
Albany Plan of Union | encouraged one government to make decisions for all 13 colonies |
Albany Congress | colonists met to discuss Albany Plan of Union |
Seven Years War | armed conflict between Britain & France |
Battle of Quebec | British captured capital of New France; turning point of F & I War |
Treaty of Paris | peace treaty ending French & Indian War; French lose colony in N. America |
Proclamation of 1763 | law that stated British colonists could not settle west of Appalachian Mts. |
Battle of Quebec | British capture the capital city |
militia | civilians trained for emergency fighting |
Pontiac's Rebellion | Native Americans fight against British control of land West of a Appalachians after F & I War |
Proclamation Line | boundary meant to keep colonists safe from Native American unrest in land W. of Appalachian Mt. |
George Washington | sent to warn French to get out of Ohio River Valley |
Massacre at Fort Loudon | British massacred by Cherokee; located in Monroe Co. TN |
13 British Colonies | pushed Native Americans off their land |
war debt | problem for the British after the F & I War |
Fort Loudoun | where Cherokee traded with the British |
Treaty Paris | French have to give up all their land in North America |
war debt | the reason Britain will raise taxes in the 13 Colonies |