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7185681825George WashingtonVirginian, patriot, general, and president. Lived at Mount Vernon. Led the Revolutionary Army in the fight for independence. First President of the United States.0
7185681826Samuel de ChamplainSamuel de Champlain was a French explorer who sailed to the West Indies, Mexico, and Panama. He wrote many books telling of his trips to Mexico City and Niagara Falls. His greatest accomplishment was his exploration of the St. Lawrence River and his latter settlement of Quebec.1
7185681827Robert de La SalleRobert de La Salle was responsible for naming Louisiana. He was the first European to float down the Mississippi river to the tip from Canada and upon seeing the beautiful river valley named Louisiana after his king Louis XIV in 1682.2
7185681828William PittEnglish statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)3
7185681829Antoine CadillacFrenchman who founded Detroit in 1701 to thwart English settlers making a play for the Ohio Valley.4
7185681830James WolfeHe was 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.5
7185681831Edward BraddockEdward Braddock was 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.6
7185681832PontiacIndian 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; the Proclamation angered the colonists.7
7185681833Edict of Nantes1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of conscience and worship.8
7185681834QuebecFirst permanent French settlement in North America, founded by Samuel de Champlain9
7185681835HuguenotsThe Huguenots were a groups of French Protestants that lived from about 1560 to 1629. Protestantism was introduced into France between 1520 and 1523, and the principles were accepted by many members of the nobility, the intellectual classes, and the middle class. At first the new religious group was royally protected, but toward the end of the reign of King Francis I they were persecuted. Nevertheless, they continued to grow.10
7185681836Ohio River ValleyThe point of contention that sparked the French and Indian War. Both the French and British claimed it. They wanted the area because the rivers allowed for transportation.11
7185681837French and Indian WarWas a war fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley-- English defeated French in1763. Historical Significance: established England as number one world power and began to gradually change attitudes of the colonists toward England for the worse.12
7185681838InvincibilityProclamation of 1763 New France13
7185681839CajunA descendant of French pioneers, chiefly in Louisiana, who in 1755 chose to leave Acadia rather than live under the British Crown.14
7185681840Iroquoisany member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York state15
7185681841AcadiansFrench settlers who would not pledge their loyalties to the British and were driven from their homes; cajuns of Louisiana are descendants of these people16
7185681842War of Spanish SuccessionThis was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler, Phillip V17
7185681843Albany CongressA conference in the United States Colonial history form June 19 through July 11, 1754 in Albany New York. It advocated a union of the British colonies for their security and defense against French Held by the British Board of Trade to help cement the loyalty of the Iroquois League. After receiving presents, provisions and promises of Redress of grievances. 150 representatives if tribes withdrew without committing themselves to the British cause.18
7185681844Battle of Quebecturning point of war when Quebec surrendered to the French in 175919
7185681845JesuitsAlso known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism.20
7185681846New FranceFrench colony in North America, with a capital in Quebec, founded 1608. New France fell to the British in 1763. (p. 489)21
7185681847Proclamation of 1763This was an English law enacted after gaining territory from the French at the end of the French and Indian War. It forbade the colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains. The Colonists were no longer proud to be British citizens after the enactment. This caused the first major revolt against the British.22

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