Time Period 2 (Chapter 6)

Question 1

Huguenots

Answer 1

French protestant dissenters, the huguenots were granted limited toleration under the Edict of Nantes. They fled to British North America after King Louis XIV outlawed protestantism.

Question 2

Edict of Nantes

Answer 2

decree issued by King Louis XIV granting limited toleration for French Protestants. Ended religious wars in France. The repeal in 1685 caused huguenots to flee to North America

Question 3

coureurs de bois

Answer 3

“runners of the woods”
french fur-trappers, also known as voyageurs, who established trading posts throughout North America. The fur trade wrecked havoc on the health and folkways of their Native America trading partners.

Question 4

voyageurs

Answer 4

travelers

Question 5

King William’s War

Answer 5

War fought between French trappers, British settlers, and their respective Indian Allies from 1689-1697.

Question 6

Queen Anne’s War

Answer 6

Second series of clashes between European powers for control of North America.
English + French = North
English + Spanish = South
Under the peace treaty, French ceded Acadia (Nova Scotia), Newfoundland, and Hudson Bay to Britain.

Question 7

War of Jenkin’s Ear

Answer 7

Small scale clash between Britain and Spain in the Caribbean and in the buffer colony of Georgia. Merged with the much larger war of Austrian succession in 1735.

Question 8

King George’s War

Answer 8

North American theater of Europe’s war of Austrian succession that once again out British colonies against their French counterparts. The peace treaty did not included territorial realignment, which caused further tensions.

Question 9

Acadians

Answer 9

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”

Question 10

French and Indian War

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

Albany Congress

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Regulars

Answer 12

trained professional soldiers, as distinct from a militia or conscripts

Question 13

Battle of Quebec

Answer 13

British forces tried to invade Quebec, but failed. The Indians, with much pride from winning, went and attacked North Carolina, which was left defenseless, and they felt the fury.

Question 14

Pontiac’s Uprising

Answer 14

Bloody campaign waged by Ottawa chief Pontiac to drive the British out of Ohio country. Crushed by British troops handing out small-pox infested blankets

Question 15

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 15

Decree issued by Parliament in 1763 in the wake of Pontiac’s uprising, prohibiting settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains

Question 16

Louis XIV

Answer 16

long french monarch who took a keen interest in colonization, sending French explorers through North America, establishing outposts in present day Canada and Louisiana, and launching France to global preeminence.

Question 17

Samuel de Champlain

Answer 17

French soldier and explorer, dubbed “the father of New France” for est. the city of Quebec and fighting alongside the Huron Indians to repel the Iroquois.

Question 18

Edward Braddock

Answer 18

Hardheaded and imperious British general, whose detachment of British and colonial soldiers was routed by French and Indian forces at Fort Duquesne

Question 19

William Pitt

Answer 19

British parliamentarian who rose to prominence during the French and Indian War as the brilliant tactician behind Britain’s victory over France

Question 20

James Wolfe

Answer 20

Young british commander who skillfully outmaneuvered French forces in the Battle of Quebec during the French and Indian War

Question 21

Pontiac

Answer 21

Ottawa chief who led an uprising against the British in the wake if the French and Indian War. Initially routing British forces at Detroit, Pontiac and his men succumbed to small-pox after the British sent infected blankets to them.