APUSH: Chapter 6

Father of New France who established a crucial alliance with the Huron Indians

French empire builder who explored the Mississippi Basin and named it after his monarch; founded Louisiana

agreement that ended the War of Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War) and awarded Acadia to Britain

conflict that started with the War of Jenkins' Ear and ended with the return of Louisbourg to France

strategic French stronghold, later named after a great British statesman

militia commander whose frontier skirmish in Pennsylvania touched off a world war

advocate of colonial unity at the unsuccessful Albany Congress

blundering British officer whose defeat gave the advantage to the French and Indians in the early stages of their war

splendid British orator and organizer of the winning strategy against the French in North America

site of death of Generals Wolfe and Montcalm, where France's New World empire also perished

conflict in Europe that pitted France against Britain's ally Frederick the Great of Prussia

Indian leader whose frontier uprising caused the British to attempt to limit colonial expansion

British document that aroused colonial anger but failed to stop frontier expansion

strategic French outpost at the mouth of the Mississippi

French colonists in Nova Scotia brutally uprooted by victorious British and shipped to Louisiana

French Protestants who were granted toleration by the Edict of Nantes (1598) but not permitted to settle in New France

absolute French monarch who reigned for 72 years

animal whose pelt provided great profits for the French empire and enhanced European fashion at enormous ecological costs

French Catholic religious order that explored the North American interior and sought to protect and convert the Indians

far-running, high-living French fur trappers

strategic French fortress conquered by New England settlers, handed back to the French, and finally conquered again by the British in 1759

island river territory, scene of fierce competition between the French and land-speculating English colonists

bloodiest European theater of the Seven Years' War, where Frederick the Great's troops drained French strength away from North America

unification effort that Benjamin Franklin nearly led to success by his eloquent leadership and cartoon artistry

fortress boldly assaulted by General Wolfe , spelling doom for New France

the "buckskin" colonial soldiers whose military success did nothing to alter British officers' contempt

allies of the French against the British, who continued to fight under Pontiac even after the peace settlement in 1763

more autocratically (absolutely) governed

along the paths of lakes and rivers

it gave the Louisbourg fortress they had captured back to France

competition between French and English colonists for land in the Ohio River valley

the Seven Years' War

rejection of the congress's proposal for colonial home rule by both London and the individual colonies

General Braddock

he concentrated British forces on attacking the vital strong points of Quebec and Montreal

the British victory in the Battle of Quebec

common language and wartime experience

removing their French and Spanish allies from Canada and Florida

convincing the British to keep troops stationed in the colonies

angered colonists who thought that it deprived them of the fruits of victory

British officers treated the American colonial militia with contempt

to reduce the colonies' reliance on Britain and increase their sense if independence

Effect: decimated beaver populations while spreading the French empire

Effect: were echoed by four small wars between French and British subjects in North America

Effect: led to Washington's expedition and battle with the French at Fort Necessity

Effect: represented the first major attempt at intercolonial unity

Effect: ended a string of defeats and turned the French and Indian War in Britain's favor

Effect: resulted in the decisive French defeat and British domination of North America

Effect: increased American military confidence and resentment of British redcoats

Effect: increased British government's disdain for colonial Americans and raised doubts about their loyalty to the empire

Effect: heightened colonial anger and encouraged illegal westward expansion

Effect: prompted widespread Indian assaults on the weakly defended colonial frontier