APUSH- Ch. 6 Vocab

"Father of New France," a soldier and explorer who explored and helped found Quebec

French Catholic missionaries who were tortured by Indians. Though unsuccessful in conversion, they became important explorers and geographers

Explored the Mississippi down to the Gulf of Mexico, naming the basin "Louisiana" after King Louis XIV

It was the first of six colonial wars fought between New France and New England along with their respective Native alliesbefore Britain eventually defeated France in North America in 1763.

The treaty ending the first two French-American wars, giving Britain - Acadia, Newfoundland, and Hudson Bay

operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars.

The scene of a humiliating British defeat, whose forces were ill-disciplined militiamen. French and Indian army hid in the foliage, and fired into the ranks of the British, leading to a resounding defeat

George Washington's hastily constructed fort, which was beseiged by the French, forcing Washington to surrender

A war which would eventually be a British victory, one of the great turning points of American history

The Europeans name for "French and Indian War"

A meeting of leaders of several colonies that was meant to achieve colonial unity and create a defense against France

A competent British leader, known as the "Great Commoner," who managed to destroy New France from the inside and end the Seven Year's War

The officer who was put in charge of capturing Quebec. He died in this attack, but it became a British victory

An Ottawa chief who led several tribes and some French traders in an attempt to push the British out of Ohio, which failed after the British distributed smallpox-ridden blankets to the Indians

Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia but on the other side of the mountains from the settled areas. 

A largely ignored proclamation that banned the British colonies from expanding past the Appalachians