Vocab relating to The French & Indian War
491533808 | Plains of Abraham | the location of Quebec; it was the top of a steep cliff high above the St. Lawrence River | |
491533809 | Treaty of Paris | This treaty ended the Seven Years War | |
491533810 | Pontiacs War | A 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes area | |
491533811 | Proclamation of 1763 | A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. | |
491533812 | Ohio Valley | The 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. | |
491533813 | Albany Plan of Union | plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown | |
491533814 | Fort Necessity | The fort which George Washington built in the Ohio Valley to protect the English from the French. | |
491533815 | Plains of Abraham | the location of Quebec; it was the top of a steep cliff high above the St. Lawrence River |