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2074416119Edward BraddockHardheaded and imperious British general,whose detachment of British and colonial soldiers was routed by French and Indian forces at Fort Duquesne0
2074416120Samuel de ChamplainFrench soldier and explorer, dubbed the Father of New France for establishing the city of Quebec and fighting alongside the Huron Indians to repel the Iroquois1
2074416121Louis XIVLong reigning French monarch who took a keen interest in colonization, sending French explorers throughout North America, establishing outposts in present day Canada and Louisiana, and launching France to global preeminence. He oversaw the construction of the magnificent palace at Versailles, from where he ruled until his death2
2074416122William PittBritish parliamentarian who rose to prominence during the French and Indian War as the brilliant tactician behind Britain's victory over France3
2074416123PontiacOttawa chief who led an uprising against the British in the wake of the French and Indian war. Initially routing British forces at Detroit, he and his men succumbed after British troops distributed small pox infected blankets among the Indians4
2074416124James WolfeYoung British commander who skillfully outmaneuvered French forces in the Battle of Quebec during the French and Indian War5
2074416125AcadiansFrench residents of Nova Scotia, many of whom were uprooted by the British in 1755 and scattered as far south as Louisiana, where their descendants became known as "Cajuns."6
2074416126Albany Congress (1754)Intercolonial congress summoned by the British government to foster greater colonial unity and assure Iroquois support in the escalating war against the French.7
2074416127Coureurs de boisTranslated as "runners of the woods," they were French fur-trappers, also known as "voyageurs" (travelers), who established trading posts throughout North America. The fur trade wreaked havoc on the health and folkways of their Native American trading partners.8
2074416128Edict of Nantes (1598)Decree issued by the French crown granting limited toleration to French Protestants. Ended religious wars in France and inaugurated a period of French preeminence in Europe and across the Atlantic. Its repeal in 1685 prompted a fresh migration of Protestant Huguenots to North America.9
2074416129French and Indian War (Seven Years War) (1754-1763)Nine-year war between the British and the French in North America. It resulted in the expulsion of the French from the North American mainland and helped spark the Seven Years' War in Europe.10
2074416130HuguenotsFrench Protestant dissenters, the Huguenots were granted limited toleration under the Edict of Nantes. After King Louis XIV outlawed Protestantism in 1685, many Huguenots fled elsewhere, including to British North America.11
2074416131King Georg's War (1744-1748)North American theater of Europe's War of Austrian Succession that once again pitted British colonists against their French counterparts in the North. The peace settlement did not involve any territorial realignment, leading to conflict between New England settlers and the British government.12
2074416132King William's War (1689-1697)War fought largely between French trappers, British settlers, and their respective Indian allies from 1689-1697. The colonial theater of the larger War of the League of Augsburg in Europe.13
2074416133Pontiac's uprising (1763)Bloody campaign waged by Ottawa chief Pontiac to drive the British out of Ohio Country. It was brutally crushed by British troops, who resorted to distributing blankets infected with smallpox as a means to put down the rebellion.14
2074416134Proclamation of 1763Decree issued by Parliament in the wake of Pontiac's uprising, prohibiting settlement beyond the Appalachians. Contributed to rising resentment of British rule in the American colonies.15
2074416135Battle of Québec (1759)Historic British victory over French forces on the outskirts of Québec. The surrender of Québec marked the beginning of the end of French rule in North America.16
2074416136Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)Second in a series of conflicts between the European powers for control of North America, fought between the English and French colonists in the North, and the English and Spanish in Florida. Under the peace treaty, the French ceded Acadia (Nova Scotia), Newfoundland, and Hudson Bay to Britain.17
2074416137regularsTrained professional soldiers, as distinct from militia or conscripts. During the French and Indian War, British generals, used to commanding experienced regulars, often showed contempt for ill-trained colonial militiamen.18
2074416138War of Jenkins's EarSmall-scale clash between Britain and Spain in the Caribbean and in the buffer colony, Georgia. It merged with the much larger War of Austrian Succession in 1742.19

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