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| Louis Joliet | Trapper/Explorer France (to find what lies in the unknown territory & the Great River Reach the mouth of the Missouri -find Spanish and go home) |
| Jacques Marquette | Jesuite Priest who goes with Joliet to find what lies in the unknown territory & the Great River Reach the mouth of the Missouri -find Spanish and go home |
| La Salle | Robert Cavelier -explore the lenghth of the Mississippi (10 after Joliet) reaches the mouth and names it "Louisiana" (all of the nations, peoples, provinces, cities, towns, villages, mines, minerals, fisheries, streams, and rivers" for France |
| Louisiana | the area named after King Louis XIV by la Salle after he "discovered" the mouth of the Mississippi |
| King Williams War | 1689-1697 French invades the Rhine River into a strongly protestant part of Germany France gave very little support to the "war" in America -English colonies had more people but didn't work well together and "lost" in America -"Peace" is signed but only to stop fighting and France continues to build forts along the Miss. and St. Lawrence |
| Comte de Frontenac | The French leader during King Williams war that was resourceful and competent and he inflicted much damage on the English settlements |
| Queen Anne’s War | 1702-1713 -Louis XIV tries to extend his control over Spain through Marriage (War lasts for more than 10 years) "battles" in America were more massacres and very bloody -Queen sends support to America & they gain Nova Scotia but fail to reach or take Quebec or any other Major French Forts |
| Treaty of Utrecht | The treaty that ends Queen Anne's war (France retains St. Lawrence & Great Lakes but seceeds Nova Scotia, Gibralter, & Some West Indies (this treaty just shows that conflicts around the globe can bring European Nations to war) |
| King George’s War | Starts as a trade war b/w England and Spain merges into the War of Austrian Succession -Americans conquer Ft. Louisbourg (strong) after this "peace" again b/c of costs but neither side is victorious & rematch is on the way in 1754 |
| French and Indian War (1754- 1763) | begins in America and Spreads to Europe (1st world war b/c it is fought on 3 continents b/w Prussia, Britian & Fr. Austria, Russia, Spain |
| George Washington | age 22 Virginia Colonel ordered to clear the frontier of the French and marched on Ft. Duquesne and had victory and the a defeat that brought about the French and Indian War of 1754 after surrendering at Ft. Necessity |
| Fort Duquesne | The Fr. Ft. at the Forks of the Ohio R. (large fort with large number of troops) |
| guerrilla warfare | Warfare that attacked from various positions with smaller groups all at once and it was devestating to structured European war tactics |
| Albany Congress | Ben Franklins attempt ot establish political unity between the colonies (then they could make a unified effort in the war) |
| Benjamin Franklin | Proposed the "Albany Plan" for centralized colonial rule with a president choosen by the King and congress elected for the colonies based on the contribution to the war effort |
| Acadians | French colonists living in British Nova Scotia who are forcibly relocated during the French and Indian War to the southern colonies but many flee to Louisiana and become the Cajun population of that territory |
| Edward Braddock | The Foolish British General who leads a 1000 seasoned troops to conquer Ft. Duquesne by making a "road" through the wilderness. He is warned by G.W. about Fr. Indian tactics but Ignores them and he is defeated in battle. He looses his own life and over 500 soldiers -the remaining soldiers are saved by G.W. with an excellent retreat |
| Marquis de Montcalm | French soldier and commander who engineers defeats of the Brit. He takes Ft. Oswego & Ft. William Henry and drive off a Brit. attempt to take Ft. Ticonderoga |
| William Pitt | new prime minister of England who has a different plan to win the war. Prussia focuses on the European Front and Brit. focuses on the American Front (eliminates old, incompetent leaders with young energetic. Victory could lead to an Empire over seas |
| James Wolfe | New British Commander, poor looks, tremendous military talents, Captures Louisbourg on the Mouth of the St. Lawrence (strongest forts) |
| Battle of the Plains of Abraham | British victory over the French at Quebec (smoke screen before attack on the fortress) |
| Treaty of Paris (1763) | the treaty that ended the Fr. & I war & removed Fr. from the American Continent as a force -Eastern Canada and Everything East of the Miss. R. = British & Spain loses Florida but Gains all of Louisianna West of the Miss. R. (Parliament stations troops in colonies and colonies can help pay for the war effort & protection) |
| George III | New King who decided to keep a closer eye on the colonies (this conflicted with the "freedom" that the colonies had experienced previously) |
| Pontiac | The Ottawa Indian Chief that fought with the Fr. & he forms a confederacy of Indian Tribes. They wage a devastating war on the Brit. Colonies 1763-1766 he is unable to maintain the confederacy and eventually makes peace with Brit. (Colonists believe that the Brits don't offer any protection so why |
| Proclamation Line | The line drawn in the American frontier (west-Appalachian Mts.) that the colonists were not supposed to cross because this territory was inhabited by Indians and conflicts would be reduced as a result |
