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Colonial Wars, 1689-1762 (Paperback, New edition)
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Although the colonial wars consisted of almost continuous raids and
skirmishes between the English and French colonists and their
Indian allies and enemies, they can be separated into four major
conflicts, corresponding to four European wars of which they were,
in varying degrees, a part: King William's War (1689-97) (War of
the League of Augsburg); Queen Anne's War (1702-13) (War of the
Spanish Succession); King George's War (1744-48) (War of the
Austrian Succession); and The French and Indian War (1755-62)
(Seven Years' War).
Mr. Peckham chronicles the events of these wars, summarizing the
struggle for empire in America among France, England, and Spain. He
indicates how the colonists applied the experience they gained from
fighting Indians to their engagements with European powers. And
what they learned from the colonial wars they translated into a
political philosophy that led to independence and self-government.
The ready involvement of the colonies in European ambitions, the
success and failure of co-operation between colony and mother
country, the efforts of the English colonies together, and the
growing differences between them and Britain give the narrative
continuity and rising excitement.
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