Queen Anne’s War
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Military History, Economics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Wars, Battles, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), British History, 18th Century European History, French History, Spanish/Portuguese History, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Canada, Vermont, West Indies, Massachusetts, New England, North Carolina, Rhode Island, New York, Florida, Connecticut, South Carolina, Maine, New Hampshire
- Date: May 15, 1702-April 11, 1713
Article abstract: Conflict resulting in British acquisition of French territory and commercial concessions from Spain.
Summary of Event
By the seventeenth century, colonial rivalries had involved European powers in global conflicts. The first, the Nine Years’ War (1689-1697), primarily an Anglo-French conflict, was known as King William’s War in North America, where all captured territory was restored by the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697. Warfare was renewed in the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713), whose North American phase was known as Queen...
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