Chapter 6 of the American Pageant for AP US History
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| 904856970 | King Louis XIV | King of France who was enthroned as a five-year-old and reigned for no less than 72 years; began France's interest in overseas colonies | 1 | |
| 904856971 | Samuel de Champlain | Intrepid explorer titled "Father of New France" who led permanent settlements in Quebec; established friendly relations with Huron Indian tribes | 2 | |
| 904856972 | Antoine Cadillac | French explorer who founded Detroit in the Ohio Valley to thwart English settlers | 3 | |
| 904856973 | Robert de La Salle | French explorer who sailed down the Mississippi River into the Gulf in order to halt Spanish penetration of the area; named the interior basin "Louisiana" | 4 | |
| 904856974 | Captain Jenkins | British captain who, encountering Spanish revenue authorities, had one ear sliced off by a sword; this event roused resentment when he returned home to Britain | 5 | |
| 904856975 | George Washington | 21-yr-old Virginian surveyor who was sent to the Ohio Valley as a lieutenant colonel in command of 150 Virginian militiamen; fired first shots of French and Indian War | 6 | |
| 904856976 | General Braddock | 60-yr-old British officer sent to Virginia with strong detachment to capture Fort Dusquesne from the French; encountered a small French and Indian army, who mortally wounded him | 7 | |
| 904856977 | William Pitt | Foremost leader in the London government who concentrated the British attack on the vitals of Canada | 8 | |
| 904856978 | James Wolfe | A slight and sickly officer who was picked by William Pitt to capture Quebec | 9 | |
| 904856979 | Pontiac | Ottawa chief who led several tribes on a violent campaign to drive the British from the Ohio Country | 10 | |
| 904856980 | Quebec | France's first permanent overseas colony; a granite sentinel commanding the St. Lawrence River | 11 | |
| 904856981 | Detroit | City settled by Antoine Cadillac in 1701 to thwart English settlers from pushing into the Ohio valley | 12 | |
| 904856982 | Louisiana | Great interior basin where Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico meet; settled by Robert de La Salle in 1628 to keep the Spanish from penetrating the area | 13 | |
| 904856983 | Albany, NY | Where British government summoned an intercolonial congress to in 1754 | 14 | |
| 904856984 | Edict of Nantes | Edict issued by crown of France in 1598 that granted limited toleration to French Protestants | 15 | |
| 904856985 | Proclamation of 1763 | Proclamation from the London government that flatly prohibited settling the area beyond the Appalachians | 16 | |
| 904856986 | 1598 | When was the Edict of Nantes published? | 17 | |
| 904856987 | 1608 | When did Champlain colonize Quebec for France? | 18 |
