French and Indian Wars: King William's War

	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for Jul 9, 2009 Search White Pages
Skip Navigation Home Summer Guide Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries Slideshows

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Help us improve Infoplease!
Start Survey

Editor's Favorites

Encyclopedia—French and Indian Wars

King William's War

The first of the wars, King William's War (1689–97), approximately corresponds to the European War of the Grand Alliance (1688–97). It was marked in America principally by frontier attacks on the British colonies and by the taking of Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal, N.S.) by British colonial forces under Sir William Phips in 1690. (The French recaptured it the next year.) The British were unable to take Quebec, and the French commander, the comte de Frontenac, attacked the British coast. The peace that followed the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697 was short-lived, and shortly the colonies were plunged into war again.

Sections in this article:

Premium Partner Content

Related content from HighBeam Research on: French and Indian Wars: King William's War

Chief big business takes charge: how one man helped change the course of the French and Indian War.(American History)(William Johnson ) (Junior Scholastic)

The French and Indian War: the French and Indian War provided an invaluable education for one young military leader. His name was George Washington.(American History Play)(Play) (Junior Scholastic)

The French and Indian War Without the French: Fred Anderson's Crucible of War. (Canadian Journal of History)

Camping back in time: commemorating the French and Indian War.(25oth anniversary of the Battle of Lake George (1754-1763))(Cover Story) (New York State Conservationist)

A true American tree house.(John and Samuel Pringle make giant sycamore their home as they seek to escape the French and Indian War) (Highlights for Children)

The Angel of Hadley: Extraordinary Events in the French and Indian Wars. (World and I)

Britannia's Victorian War artist: Mark Bryant looks at the work of the Punch artist whose drawings symbolized British anger over the Indian Mutiny and established his own reputation.(BEHIND THE LINES)(Sir John Tenniel) (History Today)

A Frigate of King George: Life and Duty on a British Man-of-War 1807-1829. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review) (Albion)

America: the opera: a gun-running French playwright, a transgendered dragoon, and the War of Independence.(A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America)(Book Review) (Harper's Magazine)

War on Hudson Bay: the rivalry between the French and the English fur traders brought war to the Bay in the late 17th century.(THE FIGHT FOR CANADA) (Esprit de Corps)

Infoplease Tools