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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 for 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 formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes |
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Resolve |
To come to a definite or earnest decision |
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Militia |
A body of citizens enrolled for military services, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies |
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Iroquois |
a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.
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James Wolfe |
A British officer, remembered mainly for his victory over the French |
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Albany Plan of Union |
A plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III at the end of the French and Indian War, to develop boundaries between the Indians and the English settlers |
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William Pitt |
A British Statesman, he led 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 |
Denoting, 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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