Vocabulary Words
A person, group, or, nation that works with another for a common purpose
What is an ally?
The young Virginia officer who fought the French in the Ohio Valley and created Fort Necessity.
Who was George Washington?
The year that the French and Indian War began.
What is 1754?
The Native American Indian groups that allied with the French.
Who are The Hurons or Algonquins?
Covering a large area or being widespread.
What does the word extensive mean?
The man who proposed the Albany Plan of Union.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The fort that George Washington built before surrendering to the French.
What is Fort Necessity?
The Native American nation that eventually allied with the British.
Who are the Iroquois?
A war between the British and French and their American Indian allies, mainly over land in North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
The British general who was killed after a surprise attack near Fort Duquesne.
Who was General Edward Braddock?
The French fort that was captured by the British and renamed Fort Pitt
What is Fort Duquesne?
This treaty lost France nearly all its mainland North American territory and its position as a major colonial power there.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Benjamin Franklin’s proposal to unite the British colonies under one general government for defense.
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
The British leader who helped turn the war in Britain’s favor in 1757.
Who was William Pitt?
The important French city that surrendered to Britain in 1759.
What is Quebec?
After the French and Indian War this country gained the French lands west of the Mississippi River, including New Orleans.
What is Spain?
The agreement that ended the French and Indian War and gave Britain control of Canada and most French lands east of the Mississippi River.
What was the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
The British general who led the successful attack on Quebec in 1759.
Who is General James Wolfe?
The location where the British soldiers surprised the French after they climbed a steep cliff at night to attack.
What are the Plains of Abraham?
This proposed plan failed because the colonial governments did not want to give up their powers to a central government.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?