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Chapter 6: The Duel for North America

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the Father of New France, who established a crucial alliance with the Huron Indians
French empire builder who explored the Mississippi Basin and named it after his monarch
site of a meeting that proposed greater unity and home rule among Britain's North American colonies
conflict that started with the War of Jenkin's Ear and ended with the return of Louisbourg to France
strategic French stronghold; later renamed after a great British statesman
militia commander whose frontier skirmish in Pennsylvainia touched off a world war
advocate of colonial unity at a 1754 meeting in Upstate New York
blundering British officer whose defeat gave the advantage to the French and Indians in the early stages of their war
splendid British orator and organizer of the winning strategy against the French in North America
site of the death of Generals Wolfe and Montcalm, where France's New World empire also perished
conflict that begun with George Washington's skirmish in Ohio and ended with the loss of France's North American empire
Indian leader whose frontier uprising caused the British to attempt to limit colonial expansion
British document that aroused colonial anger but failed to stop frontier expansion
strategic French outpost at the mouth of the Mississippi
French colonists in Nova Scotia brutally uprooted by the victorious British and shipped to Louisiana
French Protestants who were granted toleration by the Edict of Nantes in 1598 but not permitted to settle in New France
absolute French monarch who reigned for 72 years
animal whose pelt provided great profits for the French empire and enhanced European fashion at enormous ecological cost
French Catholic religious order that explored the North American interior and sought to protect and convert the Indians
far-running, high-living French fur trappers
part of a certain British naval officer's anatomy that set off an imperial war with Spain
strategic French fortress conquered by New England settlers, handed back to the French, and finally conquered again by the British in 1759
inland river territory, scene of fierce competition between the French and land-specualting English colonists
bloodiest European theater of the Seven Years' War, where Fredrick the Great's troops drained French strength away from North America
unification effort that Benjamin Franklin nearly led to success by his eloquent leadership and cartoon artistry
fortress boldy assulted by General Wolfe, spelling doom for New France
the buckskin colonial soldiers whose military success did nothing to alter British officers' contempt
allies of the French against the British, who continued to fight under Pontiac even after the peace settlement in 1763
more autocratically governed
along the paths of lakes and rivers
it gave the Loisbourg fortress they had captured back to France
competition between French and English colonists for land in the Ohio River Valley
the Seven Years' War
rejection of the congress's proposal for colonial home rule both by London and by the individual colonies
General Braddock
he concentrated British forces on attacking the vital strong points of Quebec and Montreal
the British victory in the Battle of Quebec
common language and wartime experience
removing their French and Spanish allies from Canada and Florida
convincing the British to keep troops stationed in the colonies
angered colonists who thought that it deprived them of the fruits of victory
British officers treated the American colonial militia with contempt
to reduce the colonies' reliance on Britain and increase their sense of independence

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