unit 5 By adamaris_x 1598 Edict of Nantes 1608 Champlain colonizes Quebec for france 1643 Louis XIV becomes king of france 1682 La Salle explores Mississippi river to the gulf of mexico Period: 1689 to 1713 King William's war Period: 1702 to 1713 Queen Anne's war 1718 French found New Orleans 1739 War of Jenkins's Ear 1754 Washington Battles French on frontier Albany Congress 1755 Braddock's defeat 1757 Pitt emerges as leader of british government 1759 battle of quebec 1763 peace of paris pontiac's uprising proclamation