King George's War
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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
Having considered, at greater length than was originally intended, the adventures of Captain Pote, we may speak of other individuals and incidents which figure in King George’s War.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
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 Carlton J. H. Hayes
Because George II. was on the throne of England, the struggle is known in this country as King George's War.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
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