The American Pageant Chapter 6 Review Flashcards

Chapter 6 of the American Pageant for AP US History

33082129	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	0
33082130	Samuel de Champlain	Intrepid explorer titled "Father of New France" who led permanent settlements in Quebec; established friendly relations with Huron Indian tribes	1
33082131	Antoine Cadillac	French explorer who founded Detroit in the Ohio Valley to thwart English settlers	2
33082132	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"	3
33082133	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	4
33082134	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	5
33082135	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	6
33082136	William Pitt	Foremost leader in the London government who concentrated the British attack on the vitals of Canada	7
33082137	James Wolfe	A slight and sickly officer who was picked by William Pitt to capture Quebec	8
33082138	Pontiac	Ottawa chief who led several tribes on a violent campaign to drive the British from the Ohio Country	9
33082139	Quebec	France's first permanent overseas colony; a granite sentinel commanding the St. Lawrence River	10
33082140	Detroit	City settled by Antoine Cadillac in 1701 to thwart English settlers from pushing into the Ohio valley	11
33082141	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	12
33082142	Albany, NY	Where British government summoned an intercolonial congress to in 1754	13
33082143	Edict of Nantes	Edict issued by crown of France in 1598 that granted limited toleration to French Protestants	14
33082144	Proclamation of 1763	Proclamation from the London government that flatly prohibited settling the area beyond the Appalachians	15
33082145	1598	When was the Edict of Nantes published?	16
33082146	1608	When did Champlain colonize Quebec for France?	17