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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.


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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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

Such was the beginning of Queen Anne's War.

From A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America by Parkman, Francis

The outbreak of Queen Anne's War and another 18,000,000 pound crop ushered in another depression.

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

Quartering act, 83 Quebec act, 94 Queen Anne's War, 59 Quit rents, 21 Radicals, 579 Railways, 298, 402, 425, 460ff.,

From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)

He was succeeded by Anne, and a war ensued, which lasted almost a dozen years and is known in history as Queen Anne's War.

From The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad by Carter, F. A. (Freeland A.)