America

Benjamin Franklin

American enlightenment figure who was a scientist and inventor

Mercantilism

An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought

William Pitt

English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)

smuggling

Importing or exporting goods illegally

George Washington

The first president of the United States Of America.

Treaty of Paris 1763

Officially ended French/Indian war, Britain dominated

Jeffery Amhearst

On April 10, 1818, the Town of Amherst was officially created by an Act of the Senate of the State of New York. This new town was named for Sir Jeffrey Amherst, an English lord who was Commander-in-Chief of the British troops in America in 1758-1763, before the American Revolution. King George III rewarded Lord Amherst by giving him 20,000 acres in New York, but Lord Amherst never visited his new lands.

French and Indian War

(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

Battle of Quebec

(1759) British victory over French forces on the outskirts of Quebec. The surrender of Quebec marked the beginning of the end of French rule in North America.

James Wolfe

..., English general, led troops up steep cliff to capture Quebec which marked the beginning on the end of the French/Indian War

Pontiac's War

A 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes area.

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.

backcountry

A colonial region that ran along the Appalachian Mountains.

export

A good or service produced in the home country and sold in another country.

Militia

A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies

Proclamation of 1763

A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.

import

Beg persistently and urgently

Iroqouis Confederacy

five indian nations bound together, the mohawks, th eoneidas, the onondagas, the cayugas and the senecas; founded in late 1500s to gain territorial supremacy

Fort Duquense

french fort built where the Allegheny and the Monogahela rivers meet to form the Ohio river.

Albany Plan of Union

plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown