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Although he led the largest army ever seen in North America at the time, his disrespect of the AmericanIdians and his lack of knowledge led to a major defeat and battle wounds to cause his death. |
Edward Braddock |
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A printer from Philadelphia, he studied the politics of the Iroquois, which he used to formulate a plan of unity among the colonies. |
Benjamin Franklin |
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Governer 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. |
Marquis Duquesne |
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A young Virginian who was in charge of the British troops when the fire shots of the war were fired. He went on to become a very prominent figure in U.S. History. |
George Washington |
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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. |
Marquis de Montcalm |
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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 |
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 AlbanyCongress 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 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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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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