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11th Grade
09/28/2008

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LOUI XIV
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ABSOLUTE FRENCH MONARCH WHO REIGNED FOR SEVENTY-TWO YEARS.
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BEAVER
Definition
ANIMAL WHOSE PELT PROVIDED GREAT PROFITS FOR THE FRENCH EMPIRE AND ENHANCED EUROPEAN FASHION AT ENORMOUS ECOLOGICAL COSTS.
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JENKINS' EAR
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STARTED IMPERIAL WAR WITH SPAIN.
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QUEBEC
Definition
STRATEGIC FRENCH FORTRESS CONQUERED BY NEW ENGLAND SETTLERS, HANDED BACK TO THE FRENCH, AND FINALLY CONQUERED AGAIN BY THE BRITISH IN 1759.
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JOIN OR DIE
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UNIFICATION EFFORT THAT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NEARLY LED TO SUCCESS BY HIS ELOQUENT LEADERSHIP AND CARTOON ARTISTRY.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
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MILITARY AIDE OF BRITISH GENERAL BRADDOCK AND DEFENDER OF THE FRONTEIR AFTER BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT.
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GENERAL BRADDOCK
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THE "BUCKSKIN" COLONIAL SOLDIERS WHOSE MILITARY SUCCESS DID NOTHING TO ALTER BRITISH OFFICERS CONTEMPT.
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7 YEARS WAR
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THE LARGER EUROPEAN STRUGGLE OF WHICH THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR WAS PART.
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SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
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THE FATHER OF NWE FRANCE, WHO ESTABLISHED A CRUCIAL ALLIANCE WITH THE HURON INDIANS.
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ROBERT DE LA SALLE
Definition
FRENCH EMPIRE BUILDER WHO EXPLORED THE MISSISSIPPI BASIN AND NAMED IT AFTER HIS MONARCH.
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TREATY OF UTRECHT
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AGREEMENT THAT ENDED THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION AND AWARDED ACADIA TO BRITAN.
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FORT DUQUESNE
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SITE OF DEATH OF GENERAL WOLFE AND MONCTCALM WHERE FRANCE'S NEW WORLD EMPIRE ALSO PERISHED.
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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SDVOCATE OF COLONIAL UNITY AT THE UNSUCCESSFUL ALBANY CONGRESS.
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WILLIAM PITT
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SPLENDID BRITISH ORATR AND ORGANIZER OF THE WINNING STRATEGY AGAINST THE FRENCH IN NORTH AMERICA.
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PONTIAC
Definition
INDIAN LEADER WHOSE FRONTIER UPRISING CAUSED THE BRITISH TO ATTEMPT TO LIMIT COLONIAL EXPANSION.
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PROCLAMATION OF 1763
Definition
BRITISH DOCUMENT THAT AROUSED COLONIAL ANGER BUT FAILED TO STOP FRONTIER EXPANSION.
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NEW ORLEANS
Definition
STRATEGIC FRENCH OUTPOST AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSIPPI.
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