Chapter 4 Vocab Flashcards
1
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French and Indian War
A
War from 1784 to 1763 between France with allied Indian nations and Britain and it colonists, for control of eastern North American.
2
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Albany Plan of Union
A
1754 proposal by Benjamin Franklin for the creation of a grand council of representatives from Britain’s American colonies; a plan of the union of colonies
3
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militia
A
Armed citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency
4
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prime minister
A
Highest official in a parliamentary government
5
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siege
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Tactic in which an enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make it surrender.
6
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Treaty of Paris (1763)
A
Treaty that ended the French and Indian War and in which France gave up its land claims in North America to Britian.
