James Wolfe
English general, led troops up steep cliff to capture Quebec which marked the beginning on the end of the French/Indian War
Robert de la salle
Frenchman who followed the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, claiming the region for France and naming it Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV
Pontiac
famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)
william pitt
English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)
Samuel de champlain
French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)
Iroquois
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois peoples.
Proclamation of 1763
law forbidding english colonists to settle west of the appalachian mountains
Huguenots
French Protestants
Edward Braddock
a British commander during the French and Indian War. He attempted to capture Fort Duquesne in 1755. He was defeated by the French and the Indians. At this battle, Braddock was mortally wounded.
Montcalm
Military officer at Québec City to 14 Sept 1759. Defeated by the English at the Batlle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759
New France
French colony in North America, with a capital in Quebec, founded 1608. New France fell to the British in 1763. (p. 489)