King William's War
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When hostilities spread across the Atlantic, Englishmen in North America referred to the ensuing conflagration as King William’s War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
At the time, Cutter notes, English and French colonists and their Native American allies were embroiled in King William’s War, one of a number of conflicts between the rival settlers.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2021
England and France were still fighting King William’s War, and France’s Indian allies were attacking New England’s northern frontiers.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
From the outbreak of King William's War, in 1689, to 1754, the date of the Albany Congress, there were at least a dozen intercolonial conferences called to consider means for the common defense.
From Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition by J.A. James
The war was fought not only in Europe but in America also, and it is known in America as King William's War, because William was King of Great Britain at the time.
From This Country of Ours by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
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