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New France area along the Saint Lawrence River, the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River that focused on fur trade and got along far better with the Native Americans than the English settlers because they worked alongside the natives instead of pushing them out so they witnessed lots of intermarriage Ohio River river that flows into the Mississippi River and was therefore used for shipping Appalachian Mountains geographical landmark that served as a definitive western bound to New France George Washington the third born son of a wealthy family who was given the position of lieutenant colonel in charge of 150 men to make maps of the Ohio Valley not because of experience but because of good family connections Braddock "Bulldog" who was sent with professional British regulars to get rid of French during the Albany Congress, trained in European warfare with real soldiers and gave orders from the top down British regulars professional soldiers under Braddock's command to get rid of the French Albany Congress meeting in which 7 of the 13 colonies brainstormed ideas of unity to defeat the French, including Franklin's "Join, or Die" political cartoon colonial militiamen relatively untrained soldiers of America buckskins French fighters who were accustom to fighting from behind trees and using stealth, counter to "dignified" British war tactics Pitt man who promoted the use of young, adventurous, energetic leaders such as James Rolfe in Quebec Treaty of Paris (1763) treaty that ended the French and Indian War and gave Britain and Spain more control over America but left France's sugar islands alone (only took mainland and Indian land), often considered the literal beginning of the American Revolution Pontiac's Rebellion fighting between the Native Americans and the British that led to the passing of the Proclamation of 1763 Proclamation of 1763 declaration that drew a line keeping the Americans from moving past the Ohio River to the West, angering the colonials (felt deserving of the land) when actually intended to protect citizens by avoiding Native American aggression Salisbury location in North Carolina through which about 1000 wagons defied the English Proclamation of 1763 and moved westward Martha Custis wealthy Virginian widow who married George Washington and raised her children from her past marriage with him