King George's War

American  

noun

1. a war (1744–48) waged by England and its colonies against France, constituting the North American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Example Sentences

Creeks and Carolinians besieged St. Augustine in 1704, and a New England expedition in King George’s War took the massive French fortress of Louisburg on Cape Breton Island in northeast Canada.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Following King George’s War, Britain and France began preparing for the next conflict by adding more Indian alliances, new forts, and additional trading posts in the Ohio country.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

On the high seas and in the colonies, the conflict raged between France and Great Britain as "King George's War," which has already been separately noted.

From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.

There was an increasing friction between the Province and France, the legacy of King George's War, but Howat Penny's allegiance to place was as conspicuous by its absence as the other communal traits.

From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph

Unlike Queen Anne's War, King George's War seemed to stimulate tobacco prices and they remained relatively good for a number of years after the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748.

From Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" by Herndon, G. Melvin