Queen Anne's War
Americannoun
noun
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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.)
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