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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 after him at the Forks of Ohio. |
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Edward Braddock |
Although he led the largest army ever seen on North America at the time, his disrespect of the American Indians and his lack pf knowledge of the terrain led to major defeat and the battle wounds caused 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. |
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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 be a very famous 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 service, 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. They sided with the British |
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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 proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
A Royal Proclamation that was issued by King George III after the end of the French and Indian War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains |
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William Pitt |
A British Salesman |
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Huron |
a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron. They sided French |
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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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