APUSH Chapter 6 Vocab

Samuel de Champlain

"Father of New France" founded Quebec in 1608

Pontiac's uprising (1763)

Bloody campaign waged by Ottawa chief to drive the British out of Ohio Country. It was brutally crushed by British troops, who resorted to distributing blankets infected with smallpox as a means to put down the rebellion.

Edward Braddock

Bull-headed general who was experienced in European warfare, sent to Virginia with some British regulars

Proclamation of 1763

Decree issued by Parliament in the wake of Pontiac's uprising, prohibiting settlement beyond the Appalachians. Contributed to rising resentment of British rule in the American colonies.

Edict of Nantes (1598)

Decree issued by the French crown granting limited toleration to French Protestants. Ended religious wars in France and inaugurated a period of French preeminence in Europe and across the Atlantic. Its repeal in 1685 prompted a fresh migration of Protestant Huguenots to North America.

Huguenots

French Protestant dissenters, they were granted limited toleration under the Edict of Nantes. After King Louis XIV outlawed Protestantism in 1685, many of them fled elsewhere, including to British North America.

Acadians

French residents of Nova Scotia, many of whom were uprooted by the British in 1755 and scattered as far south as Louisiana, where their descendants became known as "Cajuns".

Battle of 1759

Historic British victory over French forces on the outskirts of Québec. The surrender of Québec marked the beginning of the end of French Rule in North America.

Albany Congress (1754)

Intercolonial congress summoned by the British government to foster greater colonial unity and assure Iroquois support in the escalating war against the French

James Wolfe

Led a powerful expedition in 1758 against Louisbourg, officer since 14

French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) (1756-1763)

Nine-year war between the British and the French in North America. It resulted in the expulsion of the French from the North American mainland and helped spark the Seven Years' War in Europe.

King George's War (1744-1748)

North American theater of Europe's War of Austrian Succession that once again pitted British colonists against their French counterparts in the North. The peace settlement did not involve any territorial realignment, leading to conflict between New England settlers and the British government.

Pontiac

Ottawa Chief that led Pontiac's Rebellion to drive the British out of Ohio.

Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)

Second in a series of conflicts between the European powers for control of North America, fought between the English and French colonists in the North, and the English and Spanish in Florida. Under the peace treaty, the French ceded Acadia (Nova Scotia), Newfoundland, and Hudson Bay to Britain.

War of Jenkins's Ear (began in 1739)

Small-scale clash between Britain and Spain the Caribbean and in the buffer colony, Georgia. It merged with the much larger War of Austrian Succession in 1742.

William Pitt

Superlative leader, tall and imposing,

Louis XIV (1643-1715)

Took an interest in the overseas colonies, reigned for 72 years, was autocratic

regulars

Trained professional soldiers, as distinct from militia or conscripts. During the French and Indian War, British generals, used to commanding experienced regulars, often showed contempt for ill-trained colonial militiamen.

coureurs de bois

Translated as "runners of the woods," they were French fur-trappers, also known as "voyageurs" (travelers), who established trading posts throughout North America. The fur trade wreaked havoc on the health and folkways of their Native American trading partners.

King William's War (1689-1697)

War fought largely between French trappers, British settlers, and their respective Indian allies. The colonial theater of the larger War of the League of Augsburg in Europe.

voyageurs

coureurs de bois