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huguenots French Protestants. The Edict of Nantes (1598) freed them from persecution in France, but when that was revoked in the late 1700s, hundreds of thousands of Huguenots fled to other countries, including America. edict of nantes a 1598 declaration in which the French King Henry IV promised that Protestants could live in peace in France and could set up houses of worship in some French cities coureurs de bois (runners of the woods) French fur traders, many of mixed Amerindian heritage, who lived among and often married with Amerindian peoples of North America. voyageurs An adventurer who journeyed by canoe from Montréal to the interior to trade with Indians for furs. king williams war Earliest battle among European powers for control of North America. Battles between British colonists, the French and the French ally, Spain. Both sides recruited Indian allies. France and Britain did not consider America worth the commitment of troops so primitive guerilla warfare ensued. queen annes war a war in 1702 with france and spain on one side and england the netherlands denmark austria and portugal on another side. war of jenkins ear Land squabble between Britain and Spain over Georgia and trading rights. Battles took place in the Caribbean and on the Florida/Georgia border. The name comes from a British captain named Jenkins, whose ear was cut off by the Spanish. ended w/ louisburg back 3 France king george's war Land squabble between France and Britain. France tried to retake Nova Scotia (which it had lost to Britain in Queen Anne's War). The war ended with a treaty restoring the status quo, so that Britain kept Nova Scotia). acadians French residents of Nova Scotia, many of whom were uprooted by the British in 1755 and scattered as far south as Louisiana, where their descendants became known as "Cajuns". (116) french and indian war Was a war fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley-- English defeated French in1763. Historical Significance: established England as number one world power and began to gradually change attitudes of the colonists toward England for the worse. albany congress A meeting in Albany, New York, in 1754, in which the British colonies attempted to make an alliance with the Iroquois tribe in order to end their differences. The Iroquois, however, rejected the offer. regulars (def.) Trained professional soldiers, as distinct from militia or conscripts (sig.) The barely-trained colonists defeated the British regulars at Great Bridge, showing they could defeat the British.