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442182563Edict of NantesIt granted limited religious freedom to French Protestants, and stopped religious wars between the Protestants and Catholics.0
442182564Samuel de Champlain,an intrepid soldier and explorer whose energy and leadership earned him the title "Father of New France".1
442182565Jesuits,French Catholic missionaries, notably the labored with much enthusiasm to convert the Indians to Christianity and to save them from the fur trappers.2
442182566Antoine Cadillacfounded Detroit in 1701 to thwart English settlers pushing into the Ohio Valley.3
442182567Robert de La Salleexplored the Mississippi and Gulf basin, naming it Louisiana.4
442182568New Orleansmajor port city in the New world, controlled by the French in Louisiana5
442182569King William's War (1689-1697) and Queen Anne's War (1702-1713).The earliest battles among European power for control of North America,6
442182570UtrechtThe wars ended in 1713 with peace terms signed at . France and Spain were terribly beaten and Britain received French-populated Acadia and Newfoundland and the Hudson Bay. The British also won limited trading rights in Spanish America.7
442182571The War of Jenkin's EarIt ended in 1748 with a treaty that handed Louisbourg back to France, enraging the victorious New Englanders.8
442182572The French and Indian War (Seven Years' War)started in 1754. It was fought in America, Europe, the West Indies, the Philippines, Africa, and on the ocean.9
442182573Albany CongressIt attempted to unite all of the colonies but the plan was hated by individual colonists and the London regime.10
442182574Braddock's blunderset out in 1755 with 2,000 men to capture Fort Duquesne. His force was slaughtered by the much smaller French and Indian army.11
442182575Fort DuquesneFort that was being invaded during Blunder12
442182576William Pittbecame the foremost leader in the London government. He was known as the "Great Commoner."13
442182577James WolfeLeader of the battle of Quebec14
442182578Battle of QuebecFinal battle between French and British in North America resulting in Britain's win15
442182579e Treaty of Paris (1763)ended the battle and threw the French power off the continent of North America.16
442182580Plains of Abrahamplace where battle of Quebec took place17
442182581PontiacOttawa chief, led several tribes, aided by a handful of French traders who remained in the region, in a violent campaign to drive the British out of the Ohio country. His warriors captured Detroit in the spring of that year and overran all but 3 British outposts west of the Appalachians.18
442182582Proclamation of 1763It prohibited settlement in the area beyond the Appalachians. (The Appalachian land was acquired after the British beat the Indians). It was made to prevent another bloody eruption between the settlers and Indians.19
442243839King Louis XIVking of france20
442243840beaversOne valuable resource in New France used by21
442243841Marquis de Montocalmleader of the french in the battle of Quebec22
442243842AcadiansGroup of French settlers that lived on the Seabord of Canada like Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island23
442243843CajunAcadians who migrated to Canada and spoke a unique French dialect24
442243844Danielle BooneOne of the first colonists to trickle past the appalachion mountains25
442246203Pennslyvania GazzetteCartton by Franklin that showed the seperate parts of the colonies as Snakes featuring the Slogan join or die26

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