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15 Cards in this Set
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Marquis Duquesne |
Governor of New France at the opening of the French and Indian War, he had a fort named for him at the Forks of the Ohio |
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Edward Braddock |
Although he led the largest army ever seen in North America at the time, his disrespect of the American Indians and his lack of knowledge of the terrain led to a major defeat and battle wounds cause his death. |
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Benjamin Franklin |
A printer from Philadelphia, he studied the politics of the Iroquois, which he used to formulate a plan of unity among the colonies. |
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Marquis de Montcalm |
Appointed New France's military commander in 1756, he won many victories with limited resources; however, he ultimately lost the battle for Quebec and was killed in action. |
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George Washington |
A young Virginian who was in charge of the British troops when the first shots of the war were fired. He went on to become a very prominent figure in U.S history. |
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Alliance |
a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
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Resolve |
settle or find a solution to (a problem, dispute, or contentious matter)
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Militia |
a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
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Iroquois |
a member of a former confederacy of North American Indian peoples originally comprising the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca peoples (known as the Five Nations), and later including also the Tuscarora (thus forming the Six Nations).
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James Wolfe |
was a British officer, known for his training reforms but remembered chiefly for his victory over the French battle at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Canada in 1759.
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Albany Plan of Union |
was a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, then a senior leader (age 45) and a delegate from Pennsylvania, at the Albany Congress in July 10, 1754, in Albany, New York.
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Proclamation of 1763 |
was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
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William Pitt |
Secretary of State Prime Minister Military Logistician Excellent judge of military commanders Global Thinker |
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Huron |
a member of a confederation of native North American peoples formerly living in the region east of Lake Huron and now settled mainly in Oklahoma and Quebec. the extinct Iroquoian language of the Huron.
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Algonkian |
a member of a North American Indian people living in Canada along the Ottawa River and its tributaries and westward to the north of Lake Superior.the dialect of Ojibwa spoken by the Algonquin, with about 3,000 speakers.
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