Chapter 6 Vocabulary Test

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Across
  1. 2. a military operation of surrounding and attacking a fortified place.
  2. 7. French-Canadian fur trappers
  3. 8. British orator and organized the winning strategy against the French and Indians.
  4. 10. internal affairs of a country.
  5. 11. father of New France, established an alliance with the Huron Indians.
  6. 14. explorer, explored the Mississippi Basin and name it after his monarch.
  7. 15. Conflict that began with George Washington’s skirmish in Ohio and ended with the loss of France’s North American empire.
  8. 16. an official certification granting a commanding rank in the armed forces.
  9. 17. Militia commander whose frontier skirmish in Pennsylvania caused a world war.
  10. 20. British document that aroused colonial anger because it did not allow them to cross the Appalachian Mountains to settle but failed to stop frontier expansion.
  11. 23. concerning revolt by subordinate soldiers or seamen against their commanding officers.
  12. 24. French colonist in Nova Scotia who were uprooted by the British and moved to Louisiana.
  13. 25. marked by strict authoritarian rule, without consent or participation by the people.
Down
  1. 1. British officer whose defeat gave the advantage to the French and Indians in the early stages of the 7 years’ war (French and Indian War).
  2. 3. in politics, a person appointed by the head of state to take charge of some department or agency of government.
  3. 4. unconventional combat waged by small military units using hit-and-run tactics.
  4. 5. conflict started by the War of Jenkin’s ear and ended with the return of Louisbourg to France.
  5. 6. strategic French stronghold.
  6. 9. Native American leader whose frontier uprising caused the British to attempt to limit colonial expansion
  7. 12. in warfare, very rapid military movements, usually by small units, against an enemy force or position.
  8. 13. French-Canadian explorers, adventurers, and traders
  9. 18. Strategic French outpost at the mouth of the Mississippi.
  10. 19. site of death of Generals Wolfe and Montcalm.
  11. 21. trained professional soldiers as distinct from militia or conscripts.
  12. 22. a fleet of boats, usually smaller vessels.
  13. 24. site of the meeting that proposed unity and home rule among Britain’s North American colonies.