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The Duel For North America
The American Pageant, Chapter 6
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History
11th Grade
09/24/2008

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1572
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St. Bartholomew's Day: 10,000 French Huguenots killed
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1598: Edict of _______
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Edict of Nantes: granted limited toleration to French Protestants
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1608: Founding of ________ by _________
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Quebec; Samuel de Champlain
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Jesuits
Definition
French catholic missionaries; explorers and geographers
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Antoine Cadillac founded _______ in ____
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Detroit in 1701
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Robert de la Salle founded _________ in _____
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Louisiana in 1682
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___ ______ was founded in 1718
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New Orleans
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King William's War
Definition
  • 1689-1697
  • War of the League of Augsburg
  • Treaty of Ryswick
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Queen Anne's War
Definition
  • 1702-1713
  • The War of Spanish Succession
  • Treaty of Utrecht
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King George's War
Definition
  • 1744-1748
  • War of the Austrian Succession
  • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
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Samuel de Champlain
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  • "Father of New France"
  • Befriended Huron Indians against Iroquois
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coureurs de bois
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"runners of the woods"
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1739: The War of __________ _____
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Jenkin's Ear (between British and Spanish)
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July 4th, 1754
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Washington defeated at Fort Duquesne and Necessity
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French Acadians
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uprooted by British to Louisiana area; Cajuns
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French and Indian War allies
Definition
  • British, Prussia, Germany (Frederick the Great)
  • France, Spain, Russia, Austria
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1754: Intercolonial congress
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  • Albany, NY
  • 7/13 colonies
  • Purpose: how to deal w/ Iroquois, colonial unity
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Braddock 1755
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Fort Duquesne; defeated
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1756
Definition
British launch full-scale invasion of Canada
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1757 William Pitt
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  • "Great Commoner"
  • leader in English government
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1758: British capture _________
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Louisbourg
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Battle of _______ in 1759
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Quebec; James Rolfe
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1760: British capture _________
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Montreal
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The French and Indian War
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  • 1756-1763
  • The Seven Years' War
  • Treaty of Paris, 1763
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1763
Definition
Ottowa Chief Pontiac raids Ohio country, inc. Detroit, British posts
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Proclamation of 1763
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prohibited colonial settlement west of Appalachians
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1765
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Salisbury, NC: Colonists move westward
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