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3.1 - Revolution (Seven Years War)
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Samuel de Champlain
French explorer who founded Quebec.
New France
The French colonies in America extending from the St. Lawrence River area in modern Quebec province of Canada, to the Great Lakes Region, and down the Mississippi River to Louisiana.
Huguenots
French protestants
Ohio Valley
The region around the Ohio River including most of the modern states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia and (western) Pennsylvania
Albany Congress
A gathering of colonial leaders in 1754 to plan coordinated defense against Native American and French attack during the Seven Years War. Some delegates, especially Benjamin Franklin, argued for a unified government for all 13 colonies, but this plan was rejected.
George Washington
Virginia planter, surveyor, officer in the Seven Years War, leader of the Continental Army in the Revolution, President of the Constitutional Congress and First President of the United States.
Surveyor
A person who measures land to define official boundaries
Fort Necessity
Makeshift fort build by Washington's men after defeat by the French and Native Americans. The French build Fort Duquesne in its place and it is now the site of the city of Pittsburg.
Edward Braddock
British general who led the failed attack on Fort Duquesne. He died in the battle.
Fort Duquesne
French fort built at the junction of the Monongahela and Allegany Rivers where they meet to form the Ohio River.
William Pitt
British member of parliament who led Britain to victory in the Seven Years War.
Fall of Montreal
Conclusive battle of the Seven Years War in America. General Wolfe's daring attack successfully surprised the defenses of the Marquis de Montcalm at the Plains of Abraham.
Fort Pitt
British name given to the captured French Fort Duquesne. It is now the site of Pittsburg.
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Treaty that ended the Seven Years War. France gave all of its mainland North American territory to Britain including Canada and all the lands between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
Redcoats
Nickname for British soldiers.
Smugglers
People who illegally imported or exported products. In the colonial era this was done to avoid paying import duties and mercantilist laws.
Proclamation of 1763
Royal order which forbade American colonists from moving over the Appalachian Mountains. It was passed in order to avoid conflict with Native Americans but was widely ignored.
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