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15 Cards in this Set
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Alliance |
a union formed for benefit especially between countries or organizations. |
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Resolve |
settle or find a solution to |
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Militia |
a military force that is raised from the civil population |
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Iroquois |
powerful and important northeast Native American confederacy |
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James Wolfe |
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 plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III from the French and Indian War. |
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William Pitt |
led the government of Great Britain twice in the middle of the 18th century |
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Huron |
indigenous peoples of North America. |
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Algonkian |
North American Indian languages formerly spoken at the Great Lakes and Great Plains. |
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Marquis Duquesne |
Governor of New France at the opening of the French and Indian War, he had a for 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 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 and 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 beome a very prominent figure in U.S. History. |