CHAPTER 6 The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

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What edict granted limited toleration to French Protestants in 1598?

The Edict of Nantes.

Which king, enthroned at age five, reigned France for 72 years and pursued overseas colonies?

Louis XIV.

In what year were permanent beginnings of a vast French empire established at Quebec?

1608.

Who is known as the Father of New France for his leadership in founding Quebec?

Samuel de Champlain.

With which Native American tribe did Champlain form a friendship and fight the Iroquois?

The Huron.

Which powerful Native American confederacy became enemies of the French after Champlain's actions?

The Iroquois.

What resource was central to New France's fur trade and European fashion?

Beaver pelts.

What were French fur-traders who hunted beaver and traded with Indians called?

Coureurs de bois (runners of the woods).

Which religious order played a key exploratory and geographic role in New France?

Jesuits.

Who founded Detroit in 1701, often referred to as the 'City of Straits'?

Antoine Cadillac.

What city did France establish on the Mississippi in 1718 as a strategic outpost?

New Orleans.

Name three forts established by the French in the Illinois country.

Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Vincennes.

Which explorer named Louisiana after Louis XIV?

Robert de La Salle.

Which treaty ended the wars of King William's War and Queen Anne's War and granted Britain Acadia and Newfoundland?

The Treaty of Utrecht (1713).

What term describes Britain's lenient enforcement of colonial trade laws after 1713?

Salutary neglect.

Approximately how many white inhabitants lived in New France by 1750?

About 60,000.