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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 |
He led the largest army in North America (at the time) but his disrespect of the Natives and lack of knowledge in the terrain led to his death |
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Benjamin Franklin |
A printer from Philadelphia, who studied the politics of the Iroquois, which he used to formulate a plan among the colonies |
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Marquis de Montcalm |
he won many victories w/ limited resources; however he lost the war for Quebec and was killed in the process |
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George Washington |
He was in charge of the British troops when the first shot was fired; he went on to become a very prominent figure in US history |
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Alliance |
the act of allying or state of being allied.
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Resolve
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to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something)
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Militia |
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
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Iroquois |
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James Wolfe |
Major General 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 |
The 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 |
The Royal 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 |
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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Huron |
a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
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Algonkian |
Geology
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