American Pageant Edition 14 Chapter 6- Key Terms and People to Know
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| 629685907 | Huguenots | french Calvinists | |
| 629685908 | Edict of Nantes | a 1598 declaration in which the French king Henry IV promised that Protestants could live in peace in France and could set up houses of worship in some French cities. | |
| 629685909 | Acadians | French settlers who would not pledge their loyalties to the British and were driven from their homes; cajuns of Louisiana are descendants of these people | |
| 629685910 | French and Indian War | Was a war fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley-- English defeated French in 1763. Historical Significance: established England as number one world power and began to gradually change attitudes of the colonists toward England for the worse. | |
| 629685911 | Albany Congress | inter colonial congress summoned in 1754 by the British government to foster colonial unity and gain Native American support in the war against the French. | |
| 629685912 | regulars | trained professional soldiers, as distinct from militia or conscripts | |
| 629685913 | Battle of Quebec | A battle between Gen. Wolfe and Marquis de Montcalm which occurred at Quebec. Wolfe's forces surprised the larger forces of Marquis and defeated them. Both Wolfe and Marquis died in battle. Quebec fell to the British on September 13, 1759. | |
| 629685914 | Pontiac's uprising | 1763 - An Indian uprising after the French and Indian War, led by an Ottowa chief named Pontiac. They opposed British expansion into the western Ohio Valley and began destroying British forts in the area. The attacks ended when Pontiac was killed. | |
| 629685915 | Proclamation of 1763 | A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. This annoyed the colonists because the British were restricting their self-rule. | |
| 629685916 | Samuel de Champlain | French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635) | |
| 629685917 | Edward Braddock | a British commander during the French and Indian War. He attempted to capture Fort Duquesne in 1755. He was defeated by the French and the Indians. At this battle, Braddock was mortally wounded. | |
| 629685918 | William Pitt | English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778) | |
| 629685919 | James Wolfe | the British general whose success in the Battle of Quebec won Canada for the British Empire. Even though the battle was only fifteen minutes, Wolfe was killed in the line of duty. This was a decisive battle in the French and Indian War. | |
| 629685920 | Pontiac | Indian Chief; led post war flare-up in the Ohio River Valley and Great Lakes Region in 1763; his actions led to the Proclamation of 1763 which angered the colonists. |
