Queen Anne's War

American  

noun

1. the war (1702–13) in which England and its American colonies opposed France and its Indian allies. It constituted the American phase of the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Queen Anne's War British  

noun

1. those conflicts (1702–13) of the War of the Spanish Succession that were fought in North America

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Example Sentences

It was during the time of peace after the end of Queen Anne's War that the French had thus strengthened their hold on America and joined Canada and Louisiana.

From This Country of Ours by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)

The conflict was even more general than the Thirty Years' War; even in America there was fighting between French and English colonists, which passes in American histories under the name of Queen Anne's War.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

As William died in 1702, and was succeeded by his sister-in-law Anne, the struggle which followed in America was called "Queen Anne's War."

From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach

He was active in raising volunteers for the so-called Queen Anne’s War, and in 1707 sent a fruitless expedition against Port Royal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

King William's War, Queen Anne's War and the French and Indian War, were all waged before the difficulties were settled in the rout of the French from the continent.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir