| A | B |
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| Albany Congress | Summoned by the British in 1754, it'a aim was to promote greater colonial unity. Benjamin Franklin came up with the plan, but the colonists and the british rejected it |
| Albany Plan of Union | Franklin's plan to unify the 13 colonial governments, rejected by both Britain and the colonists |
| Battle of Quebec | 1859...a key defeat for the french that allowed the British to control the St. Lawrence River |
| General Edward Braddock | Arrogant, bumbling british officer who led a failed attack on Fort Duquesne in 1755. George Washington learned from Braddock's mistakes |
| French and Indian War | 1754-1763...battle for North America between Britain and France |
| Paxton Boys | Western Pennsylvanians who attacked Native Americans and then marched on Philadelphia |
| William Pitt | British prime minister who redirected the war effort after 1757, which saw the British focus on the St. Lawrence River and topple the French North American empire |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains...colonists did so anyway |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | A mass uprising of angry Native Americans in the Great lakes area...angry at the british being their new masters |
| Regulators | Vigilantes in western Carolinas who closed down courts and opbstructed tax collection...they were angry at the way that the eastern governments were ruling them |
| Treaty of Paris | 1763...ended the French and Indian War |
