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Dutch Wars
Conflict between Dutch and Indians in the colony of New Netherland. The fighting involved raids and counter-raids. -
King William's War
a phase of the larger Anglo-French conflict for colonial domination throughout the world -
Queen Anne's War
The second war for control of the continent and was the counterpart of the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe. The conflict involved American Indian tribes and Spain. -
French and Indian War: Acadia
Acadia remained dominated by Catholic Acadians. The British did not make effort to control the region until 1749 when they founded Halifax, which sparked Father Le Loutre's War. -
Father Rale's War
A series of battles between New England and the Wabanaki Confederacy (with new France). Defended against the expansion of New England settlements into Acadia, whose border New France defined as the Kennebec River in southern Maine (ended in 1725) -
Spanish War
The British fought the Spanish in the War of Jenkins' Ear and after 1742 the war merged into the larger War of the Austrian Succession involving most of the powers of Europe. Georgia beat back a Spanish invasion of Georgia in 1742, and some sporadic border fighting continued. -
King George's War
North American phase of the 1744–1748 War of the Austrian Succession. In 1745, naval and ground forces from Massachusetts captured the strategic French base on Cape Breton Island. -
Father Le Loutre's War
During Father Le Loutre's War, New France created 3 forts along the border of today's New Brunswick to protect a New England attack from Nova Scotia. The war continued until British won at Fort Beausejour. (ended in 1755) -
French and Indian War: Virginia
The war began in 1754 as Virginia controlled by Colonel George Washington. Washington was captured at Fort Necessity after ambushing a French company and released. He returned with the 2,100 British people and American colonials under British General Edward Braddock. (ended in 1763) -
French and Indian War: New York
At Fort William Henry in August 1757, British defenders were surrounded by French forces and their Indian allies. The British surrendered to the French after having been offered generous terms that included protection from the Indians. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
British commander, Lord Amherst abruptly ended the distribution of itemsto the Indians, a French practice that the Indians had come to rely on. Chief Pontiac tribe assumed leadership in the Detroit area; other chiefs in the loose confederation of tribes directed attacks on all British forts in the Great Lakes area in the spring of 1763
