Wars for Empire
Read in Chapter 4 "The Empire Under Strain" about the Privy Council, the Albany Conference, siege of Louisbourg, Fort Necessity, William Pitt, the "profound effects" of the French and Indian War.
The 1992 film Last of the Mohicans is an example of the "profound effects" of the war, including the significance of Nathaniel and his Killdeer rifle, Uncas and Chingachgook, Cameron, Wheelock, Brant, Albany, Webb, Montcalm, Kentuckie, Huron leader Magua, scalp bounties, Ottawa war party, Fort William Henry and Fort Edward.
1. War of League of Augsburg 1688-97
- King William's War - England vs. Louis XIV
- Frontenac from Canada invades New England - 3 routes
- William Phips - 2 routes into New France
- 1st intercolonial conference in Albany
- privateers & pirates - William Kidd
- Treaty of Ryswick 1697
2. War of Spanish Succession 1702-13
- Queen Anne's War - England vs. Spain
- Abenaki destroy Deerfield
- Iberville in Louisiana with Choctaws
- James Moore in Carolinas with Creeks
- Peace of Utrecht 1713 - "salutary neglect"
- "cold war" 1713-38 - Oglethorpe starts Georgia
3. War of Austrian Succession 1739-48
- King George's War - England, Austria vs. France
- William Pepperrell captures Louisbourg
- Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748
4. Seven Years War 1756-63 (French and Indian War)
- England, Prussia vs. France, Spain, Austria
- 1st phase - forks of the Ohio
- George Washington, Edward Braddock lose the Ohio
- 2nd phase - France victorious
- Montcalm & pro-French Indians attack borderlands
- Loudoun abandons Ft. Wm. Henry for Louisbourg
- 3rd phase - William Pitt takes command
- Forbes win Fort Duquesne
- Amherst wins Ticonderoga
- Wolfe wins Quebec 1759
- George III becomes king 1760 - ends war
- Treaty of Paris 1763