chapter 6 (us)
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- Benjamin Franklin
- (join or die) negotiater in france; important in albany congress great thinker, inventor etc.
- proclamation of 1763
- said that colonists could not move west of the appalaichan mtns.
- james wolfe
- led the expidition against quebec; brilliant military though slight and sickly
- "salutory neglect"
- period of time in which england was too busy with internal affairs to pay attention to colonists
- Ohio River Valley
- area that british & french fought over; france had it then in 1749 gwash was sent there to "claim" it
- Fort Necessity
- french surrounded gwash here after he won at f duquesne; had to surrender
- Louisiana
- created by robert de la salle, tried to stop spanish penetration into the gulf
- New France
- Canada
- militia
- was very unorganized; used primitive form of guerilla warfare; generally considered disgusting by british
- French and Indian War
- french vs. colonists (+ indians) began in ohio river valley showed the lack of colonial unity (review more)
- Deerfield Massacre
- indian allies of the french massacred ppl in this place in MA
- Treaty of Utrect (1713)
- peace terms; french & spanish beat bad, british got Acadia (nova scotia), Newfoundland, and Hudson Bay
- marquis de montcalm
- leader of the french on the battle on the plains of abraham killed
- Seven Years' War
- what french and indian war b/came; britain and prussia vs. france spain austria russia
- War of Jenkins Ear
- british captain had this body part cut off by spanish; created war in caribbean and GA
- Albany Congress
- intercolonial congress here that attmpted to get colonial union for the french and indian war; franklin a leader
- Quebec
- french speaking canadian province on the St. Lawrence river; eventually lost to Great Britain
- treaty of paris (1763)
- end of quebec battle; french lose all colonies in america, kept caribbean islands and cuba; spanish got LA and british got FA
- Albany Plan of Union
- plan for home rule by benjamin franklin
- Samuel De Champlain
- leader in Quebec (father of new france); became friends w hurons causing them to be enemies with iroquois
- plains of abraham
- where two armies faced off in Pitt's war on Quebec; both commanders killed
- Edict of Nantes
- issued in France guaranteeing limited toleration for protestants in 1598
- New Orleans
- capital city of the state formed by robert de la salle
- Huguenots
- another name for protestants in France; 10,000 killed on St. Bartholomew's Day
- Fur hunting
- important trade in canada led mainly by coureurs de bois
- George Washington
- highly moral and upstanding leader who was not a military genius but led the colonial army
- Cajuns
- ppl who lived in Acadia who were kicked out; moved to LA and became this
- Robert de la Salle
- ambitious frenchman who went down the Missippi and created the colony of LA; later couldnt find it
- Nova Scotia
- Acadia
- Fort Duquesne
- gwash attacks this in order to gain ohio valley, kill leader; french return with reinforcements and gwash retreats
- Coureurs de bois
- "runners of the woods"; canadians who lived in france that hunted beaver and didnt follow typical society rules
- Huron
- tribe of indians that champlain befriended causing them to go to war with the iroquois
- pontiac's rebellion
- indian man who saw the precarious position of indians and led several indians in an attempt to drive the british out of Ohio Country (biological warfare)
- William Pitt
- "great commoner", brought the end of salutary neglect; told us ppl he would reimburse them for the f & i war; attacked louisburg, then quebec
- King George's War
- war of jenkins ear merged with this one; also called war of austrian succession in europe (france and spain vs england)
- "Bulldog Braddock"
- british military leader who is incompetant and old; hated colonists style of fighting (in french and indian war)
- Jesuits
- labored zealously to save the indians for christ; played vital roles as geographers and explorers
- King Louis XIV
- sun god; took huge interest in creating colonies abroad unlike other earlier French kings
- King William's War and Queen Anne's War
- british colonists vs french (indians w both); mostly guerilla warfare bc franch and england didnt think colonies imp enough for troops