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17 Cards in this Set
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alliance |
a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations |
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cede |
give up (power or territory) |
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George Washington |
A young Virgina who was in charge fo 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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resolve |
settle or find a solution |
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militia |
a military force that is raised from civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency |
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Iroquois |
a historically powerful and important northeast Native American confederacy |
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James Wolfe |
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 |
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 |
1st Earl of Chatham PC was a British statesman of the Whig group who led the government of Great Britain twice in the middle of the 18th century
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Phase |
a distinct period or stage in a process of change or forming part of something's development.
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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
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Algonquin |
enoting, belonging to, or relating to a family of North American Indian languages formerly spoken across a vast area from the Atlantic seaboard to the Great Lakes and the Great Plains.
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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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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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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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Marquis Duquesne |
Govener of New France at the opening of the F |
