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15 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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Proclamation of 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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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 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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William Pitt |
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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Albany Plan of Union |
a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin.
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Marquis Duquesne |
Appointed New Frances 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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Edward Braddock |
Although he led the largest army ever seen in North America at the time, his disrespect of American Indians and his lack of knowledge of the terrain led to a major defeat and battle wounds caused his death. |
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Marquis de Montcalm |
Governor of New France at the opening of the French and Italian war, he had a fort named for him at the Forks of the Ohio. |
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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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George Washinton |
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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Benjamin Franklin
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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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