New France
Canada; where the first permanent French settlement was established (in Quebec, 1608) - by Samuel de Champlain
Jamestown
in Virginia; the first permanent colony established by the English in 1607
Pilgrims
band of English Puritans, a Protestant group, who rejected the practices of the official Church of England; came to the New World seeking religious freedom
French and Indian War
British VS French; known as the Seven Years' War - worldwide struggle/rivalry for power between Britain and France; they fought in North America, Africa, Europe, and Asia
Treaty of Paris (1763)
ended the world-wide war (French and Indian War); ensured British dominance in North American - France gave up Canada and its lands east of the Mississippi River to Britain, but gained back the islands in the Caribbean and the slave-trading posts in Afric