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US History
3.1 The French and Indian War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| French and Indian War | 1756-63 War between Britain and its colonies and France and its Native American allies, also known in Europe as the Seven Years' War |
| George Washington | Born in the Colony of Virginia, commander of the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War (1754–1763) and later President of the US |
| Fort Duquesne | A French fort captured by the British during the French and Indian War and renamed Fort Pitt in honor of British Prime Minister William Pitt |
| Albany Plan | Proposal by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonies under the king with a president and congress |
| Edward Braddock | a British officer and commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies during the start of the French and Indian War |
| Marquis de Montcalm | a French Royal Army officer best known for his unsuccessful defense of New France during the French and Indian War |
| James Wolfe | a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec |
| Treaty of Paris of 1763 | Treaty that ended the French and Indian War in which France surrendered Canada and its claims to Britain |
| Pontiac | an Odawa war chief who led Pontiac's War, a significant Native American uprising against British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War |
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