| A | B |
|---|
| mission | a religious settlement where missionaries live and work |
| St. Augustine | first fort built in North America |
| El Camino Real | royal road (leads from Mexico to California) |
| Pope | religious leader unfairly jailed |
| Robert La Salle | Took the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed all the land west of the river for France |
| Marquette/Jolliet | Looking for Northwest Passage, found the Mississippi River |
| Point du Sable | fur trader who set up the trading post of Chicago |
| Coureurs DeBois | "Wood Runners" trapped furs without permission from the French government |
| Voyageurs | people who legally trapped furs |
| Canada | known as New France |
| Quebec | First permanent settlement in New France |
| Huron | Native Americans in the New France area |
| French and Indian War | A dispute over the Ohio River Valley area |
| Treaty of Paris | The treaty that officially ended the war |
| Louisiana | Area La Salle claimed for his King Louis XIV |
| Iroquois | Native Americans who were angry that the Huron had the French fight on their side |
| Portage | land route from one body of water to another |
| Fort Duquesne | French fort in Pittsburgh, Penn |
| Fort Necessity | Fort built by Washington's troops |
