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Chapter 6 terms
Duel for North America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Edict of Nantes 1598 | granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic |
| Louis XIV | king of France (1643-1715) took a deep interest in overseas colonies |
| Quebec 1608 | first permenant French settlement |
| St. Lawrence River | quebec built along here |
| deChamplain | an interpid solider and explorer whose energy and leadership fairly earned him the lettle "Father of New France" |
| Huron Indians | befriened deChamplain and french settlers |
| Iroquois | enemies of the Huron Indians |
| New France | Canada, under direct control of the king |
| Coureurs de bois | runners of trhe woods. French fur trappers |
| Montreal | a fur trading post |
| Jesuit Missionaries | labored zealously to sabe the Indians for Christ and from the fur trappers. Made a few permanent converts, played a vital role as explorers and geographers |
| Detroit | "the city of Straits" |
| Lousiana | interior basin between Mississippi and the Gulf. Named after Louis XIV |
| New Orleans 1718 | fortified trading post |
| King William's War | war between colonist and french fur trapper |
| Queen Anne's War | same^ |
| Treatly of Utrecht | Britain was rewarded with French populated Acadia. Forshadowing the ultimate doom of the French |
| War of Jenkin's Ear | broke out between British and Spainiards. Soon merged with the large scale War of Austrian Succession in Europe |
| War of Austrian Succesion | War in Europe over the succesion of Austria |
| Upper Ohio Valley | was the critical area into which the westward expasion was inevitable. French needed it as a conection from Canada to Mississippi. Fighting |
| Fort Duquesne (Pittsburg) | us colonist attacked French here |
| Fort Necessity and a young George Washington | French sieged Washington and his men here until he was forced to surrender |
| Albany Plan of Union | union of the colonies. Boister common defense against france |
| Frankin's "Join or Die" cartoon | cartoon on the Albandy plan of union. If we don't united, we will perish. |
| Albany Congress | delagates from the colonies meeting for union |
| General William Braddock | old European officer. Terrible |
| William Pitt, aka "The Great Commoner" | drew much of his strength from the common people. "Organizer of Victory. |
| Louisbourg | Pitt first dispatched a powerful expedition in 1758 against Louisbourg. Fell to seige. First signifacant British victory for the enitre war. |
| Battle of Quebec 1759 | battle that threw the French power off the continent |
| General James Wolfe | officer during the French and Indian War |
| Plains of Abraham | another name for the battle of quebec |
| General Montcalm | was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War |
| Seven Years' War | French and Indian war that was fought in Europe |
| French and Indian War | made Britain the dominant power in North America. French no longer had influence |
| Peace of Paris 1763 | It ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War.[1] The Treaty was made possible by the British victory over France and Spain, and marked the beginning of an era of British dominance outside Europe |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | was a reaction to increased British control in North America, which brought unwanted white settlement into traditional Indian lands. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire and to stabilize relations with Native North Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. |
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