Week 17 crossword

3. Three empires wanted this territory and fought over it because whoever controlled the _______________ would control the continent.
4. The French and Indian ____ began in 1754, also called the Seven Years' War.
6. having a strong desire to succeed
8. location where the Allegheny River and the Monogahela River meet from the large Ohio River
9. The _____ Empire was firmly established in North America by 1750.
10. The ____ nations that mad the confederacy dominated the smaller nations.
11. _______ was a member of a prominent military family in the colony of New France.
13. American _______ refuse to serve under a British officer. 1757
15. The _____ hoped to have the same success in the Americas as their European counterparts.
16. The ______ Confederacy was a powerful empire made up of six tribes that inhabited areas of the Ohio River Valley and Northeast.

1. ________ the half king was another important individual during the French and Indian War.
2. Robert _________, British administrator who served as lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia.
5. The ______ Tiver and the Monongahela rivers meet to form the large Ohio River.
6. when someone is killed for political or religious reasons
7. 1760 French surrender ______.
12. The _________ of Virginia showed that Virginia borders stretched all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
14. 1756 The French take Fort _______