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Colonial American military history, the Glossary

Colonial American military history is the military record of the Thirteen Colonies from their founding to the American Revolution in 1775.^[1]

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Acadia

Acadia (Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River.

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Acadians

The Acadians (Acadiens) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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American pioneers, also known as American settlers, were European American, Asian American and African American settlers who migrated westward from the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States of America to settle and develop areas of the nation within the continent of North America.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain. Colonial American military history and American Revolution are colonial United States (British).

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Annapolis Royal

Annapolis Royal is a town in and the county seat of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Apalachee massacre

The Apalachee massacre was a series of raids by English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their Muscogee allies against a largely peaceful Apalachee population in northern Spanish Florida which took place in January 1704 during Queen Anne's War.

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Battle of Carillon

The Battle of Carillon, also known as the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga, was fought on July 8, 1758, during the French and Indian War (which was part of the global Seven Years' War).

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Battle of Chedabucto

The Battle of Chedabucto occurred against Fort St. Louis in Chedabucto (present-day Guysborough, Nova Scotia) on June 3, 1690, during King William's War (1689–97).

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Battle of Fort Beauséjour

The Battle of Fort Beauséjour was fought on the Isthmus of Chignecto and marked the end of Father Le Loutre's War and the opening of a British offensive in the Acadia/Nova Scotia theatre of the Seven Years' War, which would eventually lead to the end of the French colonial empire in North America. Colonial American military history and Battle of Fort Beauséjour are military history of the Thirteen Colonies.

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Battle of Fort Necessity

The Battle of Fort Necessity, also known as the Battle of the Great Meadows, took place on July 3, 1754, in present-day Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

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Battle of Jumonville Glen

The Battle of Jumonville Glen, also known as the Jumonville affair, was the opening battle of the French and Indian War, fought on May 28, 1754, near present-day Hopwood and Uniontown in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

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Battle of Lake George

The Battle of Lake George was fought on 8 September 1755, in the north of the Province of New York.

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Battle of Port Royal (1690)

The Battle of Port Royal (19 May 1690) occurred at Port Royal, the capital of Acadia, during King William's War.

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Battle of the Monongahela

The Battle of the Monongahela (also known as the Battle of Braddock's Field and the Battle of the Wilderness) took place on July 9, 1755, at the beginning of the French and Indian War at Braddock's Field in present-day Braddock, Pennsylvania, east of Pittsburgh.

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Battle of the Plains of Abraham

The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec (Bataille des Plaines d'Abraham, Première bataille de Québec), was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War (referred to as the French and Indian War to describe the North American theatre).

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Bécancour, Quebec

Bécancour is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality.

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Benjamin Church (ranger)

Colonel Benjamin Church (– January 17, 1718) was a New England military officer and politician who is best known for his role in innovative military tactics notably developing Unconventional warfare.

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Braddock Expedition

The Braddock expedition, also called Braddock's campaign or (more commonly) Braddock's Defeat, was a British military expedition which attempted to capture Fort Duquesne (established in 1754, located in what is now downtown Pittsburgh) from the French in the summer of 1755, during the French and Indian War of 1754 to 1763.

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British America

British America comprised the colonial territories of the English Empire, and the successor British Empire, in the Americas from 1607 to 1783. Colonial American military history and British America are colonial United States (British) and colonization history of the United States.

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Canso, Nova Scotia

Canso is a community in Guysborough County, on the north-eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia, Canada, next to Chedabucto Bay.

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Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton Island (île du Cap-Breton, formerly île Royale; Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn; Unamaꞌki) is a rugged and irregularly shaped island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Cape Jellison

Cape Jellison is a peninsula that juts into Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Colonial India

Colonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent that was occupied by European colonial powers during the Age of Discovery.

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Diplomatic gift

A diplomatic gift is a gift given by a:diplomat, politician or leader when visiting a foreign country.

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Duc d'Anville expedition

The Duc d'Anville expedition (June – October 1746) was sent from France to recapture Louisbourg and take peninsular Acadia (present-day mainland Nova Scotia).

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Dummer's War

Dummer's War (1722–1725) (also known as Father Rale's War, Lovewell's War, Greylock's War, the Three Years War, the Wabanaki-New England War, or the Fourth Anglo-Abenaki War) was a series of battles between the New England Colonies and the Wabanaki Confederacy (specifically the Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Penobscot, and Abenaki), who were allied with New France. Colonial American military history and Dummer's War are colonial United States (British), colonization history of the United States, military history of Canada, military history of the Thirteen Colonies, wars involving France and wars involving Great Britain.

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Edward Braddock

Edward Braddock (January 1695 – 13 July 1755) was a British officer and commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies during the start of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), the North American front of what is known in Europe and Canada as the Seven Years' War (1756–1763).

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English Canadians

English Canadians (Canadiens anglais), or Anglo-Canadians (Anglo-canadiens), refers to either Canadians of English ethnic origin and heritage or to English-speaking or Anglophone Canadians of any ethnic origin; it is used primarily in contrast with French Canadians.

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European colonization of the Americas

During the Age of Discovery, a large scale colonization of the Americas, involving a number of European countries, took place primarily between the late 15th century and the early 19th century. Colonial American military history and European colonization of the Americas are colonization history of the United States.

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Expulsion of the Acadians

The Expulsion of the Acadians was the forced removal of inhabitants of the North American region historically known as Acadia between 1755 and 1764 by Great Britain.

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Father Le Loutre's War

Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755), also known as the Indian War, the Mi'kmaq War and the Anglo-Mi'kmaq War, took place between King George's War and the French and Indian War in Acadia and Nova Scotia. Colonial American military history and Father Le Loutre's War are military history of Canada, military history of the Thirteen Colonies, wars involving France and wars involving Great Britain.

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Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Fort Necessity National Battlefield is a National Battlefield in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, which preserves the site of the Battle of Fort Necessity.

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Fort Pownall

Fort Pownall was a British fortification built during the French and Indian War, whose remains are located at Fort Point State Park in Stockton Springs, Maine.

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Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain, in northern New York, in the United States.

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Fort William Henry

Fort William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George, in the province of New York.

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French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. Colonial American military history and French and Indian War are colonization history of the United States, military history of Canada, military history of the Thirteen Colonies, wars involving France and wars involving Great Britain.

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French and Indian Wars

The French and Indian Wars were a series of conflicts that occurred in North America between 1688 and 1763, some of which indirectly were related to the European dynastic wars. Colonial American military history and French and Indian Wars are military history of the Thirteen Colonies.

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French Canadians

French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the nineteenth century; Canadiens français,; feminine form: Canadiennes françaises), or Franco-Canadians (Franco-Canadiens), are an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in France's colony of Canada beginning in the 17th century.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax (Scottish-Gaelic: Halafacs or An Àrd-Bhaile) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.

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Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of.

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Infantry

Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.

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Invasion of Georgia (1742)

In the 1742 Invasion of Georgia, Spanish forces based in Florida attempted to seize and occupy disputed territory held by the British colony of Georgia.

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Iroquois

The Iroquois, also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the endonym Haudenosaunee are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America.

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James Abercrombie (British Army officer, born 1706)

General James Abercrombie or Abercromby (1706 – 23 April 1781) of Glassaugh, Banffshire was a British Army general and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1754.

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James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune.

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James Moore Sr.

James Moore Sr. (–) was an Irish-born military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Carolina from 1700 to 1703.

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James Wolfe

James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec.

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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the British Army.

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John Gorham (military officer)

John Gorham (Goreham, Gorum) (12 December 1709-December 1751) was a New England Ranger and was the first significant British military presence on the frontier of Nova Scotia and Acadia to remain in the region for a substantial period after the Conquest of Acadia (1710).

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John Lovewell

John Lovewell (October 14, 1691 – May 9, 1725) was a militia captain in the 18th century who fought during Father Rale's War (also known as Dummer's War or Lovewell's War).

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John Putnam Demos

John Putnam Demos is an American author and historian.

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Josiah Winslow

Josiah Winslow (in Plymouth Colony – 1680 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony) was the 13th Governor of Plymouth Colony.

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Kennebec River

The Kennebec River (Abenaki: Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ) is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Kieft's War

Kieft's War (1643–1645), also known as the Wappinger War, was a conflict between the colonial province of New Netherland and the Wappinger and Lenape Indians in what is now New York and New Jersey. Colonial American military history and Kieft's War are military history of the Thirteen Colonies.

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King George's War

King George's War (1744–1748) is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). Colonial American military history and King George's War are colonial United States (British), colonization history of the United States, military history of the Thirteen Colonies, wars involving France and wars involving Great Britain.

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King Philip's War

King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between a group of indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands against the English New England Colonies and their indigenous allies. Colonial American military history and King Philip's War are military history of the Thirteen Colonies.

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King William's War

King William's War (also known as the Second Indian War, Father Baudoin's War, Castin's War, or the First Intercolonial War in French) was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg. Colonial American military history and King William's War are colonial United States (British), colonization history of the United States and military history of the Thirteen Colonies.

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Lake Champlain

Lake Champlain (Lac Champlain) is a natural freshwater lake in North America.

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Lake George (lake), New York

Lake George, nicknamed the Queen of American Lakes, is a long, narrow oligotrophic lake located at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains, in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York.

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Lefebvre's Charles Town expedition

Lefebvre's Charles Town expedition (September 1706) was a combined French and Spanish attempt under Captain Jacques Lefebvre to capture the capital of the English Province of Carolina, Charles Town, during Queen Anne's War (as the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession is sometimes known).

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Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (28 February 1712 – 14 September 1759) was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (whose North American theatre is also referred to as the French and Indian War).

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Louisbourg

Louisbourg is an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.

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Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Lower 48.

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Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic

Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic (also known as Medoctec, Mehtawtik meaning "the end of the path") was a Wolastoqey settlement until the mid-eighteenth century.

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Military history of the United States

The military history of the United States spans over two centuries, the entire history of the United States.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. Colonial American military history and Mobile, Alabama are colonial United States (Spanish).

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New Brunswick

New Brunswick (Nouveau-Brunswick) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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New France

New France (Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris. Colonial American military history and New France are colonization history of the United States.

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New Netherland

New Netherland (Nieuw Nederland) was a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic located on the east coast of what is now the United States of America. Colonial American military history and New Netherland are colonization history of the United States.

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Newfoundland (island)

Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve) is a large island within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Nicholas Rankin

Nicholas Rankin (born 1950) is an English writer and broadcaster.

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Noël Doiron

Noël Doiron (Port-Royal, 1684 – December 13, 1758) was a leader of the Acadians, renowned for his leadership during the Deportation of the Acadians.

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Norridgewock

Norridgewock was the name of both an Indigenous village and a band of the Abenaki ("People of the Dawn") Native Americans/First Nations, an Eastern Algonquian tribe of the United States and Canada.

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Northeast Coast campaign (1703)

The Northeast Coast campaign (also known as the Six Terrible Days) (10 August – 6 October 1703) was the first major campaign by the French of Queen Anne's War in New England. Colonial American military history and Northeast Coast campaign (1703) are military history of Canada.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.

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Peace of Utrecht

The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715.

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Penobscot Indian Island Reservation

Penobscot Indian Island Reservation (Abenaki: Álənαpe Mə́nəhan) is an Indian reservation for the Penobscot Tribe of Maine, a federally recognized tribe of the Penobscot National Congress of American Indians. Retrieved 30 Aug 2012.

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Penobscot River

The Penobscot River (Abenaki: Pαnawάhpskewtəkʷ) is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle.

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Pequot War

The Pequot War was an armed conflict that took place in 1636 and ended in 1638 in New England, between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the colonists from the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their allies from the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes. Colonial American military history and Pequot War are military history of the Thirteen Colonies.

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Plymouth Colony

Plymouth Colony (sometimes Plimouth) was the first permanent English colony in New England from 1620 and the third permanent English colony in America, after Newfoundland and the Jamestown Colony. Colonial American military history and Plymouth Colony are colonial United States (British).

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Pontiac (Odawa leader)

Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag (c. 1714/20 – April 20, 1769) was an Odawa war chief known for his role in the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading Native Americans in an armed struggle against the British in the Great Lakes region due to, among other reasons, dissatisfaction with British policies.

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Pontiac's War

Pontiac's War (also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion) was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War (1754–1763). Colonial American military history and Pontiac's War are military history of the Thirteen Colonies and wars involving Great Britain.

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Port-Royal (Acadia)

Port Royal (1605–1713) was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, and the predecessor of the modern town of Annapolis Royal.

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Province of Carolina

The Province of Carolina was a province of the Kingdom of England (1663–1707) and later the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America and the Caribbean from 1663 until the Carolinas were partitioned into North and South in 1712.

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Province of Massachusetts Bay

The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. Colonial American military history and Province of Massachusetts Bay are colonial United States (British).

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Quebec City

Quebec City (or; Ville de Québec), officially known as Québec, is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec.

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Queen Anne's War

Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in North America involving the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, and Spain; it took place during the reign of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. Colonial American military history and Queen Anne's War are 18th-century conflicts, colonization history of the United States, military history of Canada, wars involving England, wars involving France, wars involving Great Britain and wars involving Spain.

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Raid on Deerfield

The Raid on Deerfield, also known as the Deerfield Massacre, occurred during Queen Anne's War on February 29, 1704, when French and Native American raiders under the command of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville attacked the English colonial settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay, just before dawn.

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Raid on Grand Pré

The Raid on Grand Pré was the major action of a raiding expedition conducted by the New England militia Colonel Benjamin Church against French Acadia in June 1704, during Queen Anne's War.

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Robert Rogers (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Rogers (7 November 1731 – 18 May 1795) was a British Army officer and frontiersman.

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Rogers' Rangers

Rogers' Rangers was a company of soldiers from the Province of New Hampshire raised by Major Robert Rogers and attached to the British Army during the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War). Colonial American military history and Rogers' Rangers are military history of the Thirteen Colonies.

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Royal Proclamation of 1763

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on 7 October 1763. Colonial American military history and Royal Proclamation of 1763 are colonial United States (British).

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Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)

The Saint John River (Fleuve Saint-Jean; Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: Wolastoq) is a river flowing within the Dawnland region from headwaters in the Notre Dame Mountains near the Maine-Quebec border through western New Brunswick to the northwest shore of the Bay of Fundy.

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Saint Kitts

Saint Kitts, officially Saint Christopher, is an island in the West Indies.

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Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec

Saint-François-du-Lac is a community in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada.

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Saratoga campaign

The Saratoga campaign in 1777 was an attempt by the British high command for North America to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley during the American Revolutionary War.

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Sébastien Rale

Sébastien Rale (also Racle, Râle, Rasle, Rasles, and Sebastian Rale (January 20, 1657 – August 23, 1724) was a French Jesuit missionary and lexicographer who preached amongst the Abenaki and encouraged their resistance to British colonization during the early 18th century. This encouragement culminated in Dummer's War (1722–1725), where Rale was killed by a group of New England militiamen.

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Siege of Fort William Henry

The siege of Fort William Henry (3–9 August 1757, Bataille de Fort William Henry) was conducted by a French and Indian force led by Louis-Joseph de Montcalm against the British-held Fort William Henry.

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Siege of Louisbourg (1745)

The Siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island) during the War of the Austrian Succession, known as King George's War in the British colonies. Colonial American military history and Siege of Louisbourg (1745) are military history of the Thirteen Colonies.

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Siege of Louisbourg (1758)

The Siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal operation of the Seven Years' War (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) in 1758 that ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led to the subsequent British campaign to capture Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of French North America the following year. Colonial American military history and Siege of Louisbourg (1758) are military history of the Thirteen Colonies.

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Siege of Pensacola (1707)

The siege of Pensacola included two separate attempts in 1707 by English-supported Creek Indians to capture the town and fortress of Pensacola, one of two major settlements (the other was St. Augustine) in Spanish Florida.

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Siege of Port Royal (1710)

The siege of Port Royal (5–13 October 1710),Dates in this article are given in the New Style; many older English accounts use Old Style dates for this action: 24 September to 2 October also known as the Conquest of Acadia, was a military siege conducted by British regular and provincial forces under the command of Francis Nicholson against a French Acadian garrison and the Wabanaki Confederacy under the command of Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, at the Acadian capital, Port Royal.

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Siege of St. Augustine (1702)

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Slave rebellion

A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves, as a way of fighting for their freedom.

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Spanish Florida

Spanish Florida (La Florida) was the first major European land-claim and attempted settlement-area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery. Colonial American military history and Spanish Florida are colonial United States (Spanish).

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Stockton Springs, Maine

Stockton Springs is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.

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Stono Rebellion

The Stono Rebellion (also known as Cato's Conspiracy or Cato's Rebellion) was a slave revolt that began on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina.

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Tallapoosas

The Tallapoosas were a division of the Upper Creeks in the Muscogee Confederacy.

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The Crown

The Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states).

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The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical romance novel written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826.

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Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Colonial American military history and Thirteen Colonies are colonial United States (British).

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Thomas Nairne

Thomas Nairne (died c. April 17, 1715) was a Scots trader and the first Indian agent of the Province of Carolina.

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Thomas Pownall

Thomas Pownall (bapt. 4 September 1722 N.S. – 25 February 1805) was a British colonial official and politician.

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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)

The 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, sometimes called the Treaty of Aachen, ended the War of the Austrian Succession, following a congress assembled on 24 April 1748 at the Free Imperial City of Aachen.

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United States Army Rangers

The United States Army Rangers are elite U.S. Army personnel who have served in any unit which has held the official designation of "Ranger".

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Wabanaki Confederacy

The Wabanaki Confederacy (Wabenaki, Wobanaki, translated to "People of the Dawn" or "Easterner"; also: Wabanakia, "Dawnland") is a North American First Nations and Native American confederation of five principal Eastern Algonquian nations: the Abenaki of St. Francis, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy (Peskotomahkati) and Penobscot.

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War of Jenkins' Ear

The War of Jenkins' Ear (lit) was a conflict lasting from 1739 to 1748 between Britain and Spain.

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War of the Austrian Succession

The War of the Austrian Succession was a European conflict fought between 1740 and 1748, primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Colonial American military history and war of the Austrian Succession are 18th-century conflicts, wars involving France, wars involving Great Britain and wars involving Spain.

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War of the Spanish Succession

The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. Colonial American military history and war of the Spanish Succession are wars involving England, wars involving France, wars involving Great Britain and wars involving Spain.

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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, (15 November 170811 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768.

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World Digital Library

The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.

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Yamasee War

The Yamasee War (also spelled Yamassee or Yemassee) was a conflict fought in South Carolina from 1715 to 1717 between British settlers from the Province of Carolina and the Yamasee, who were supported by a number of allied Native American peoples, including the Muscogee, Cherokee, Catawba, Apalachee, Apalachicola, Yuchi, Savannah River Shawnee, Congaree, Waxhaw, Pee Dee, Cape Fear, Cheraw, and others. Colonial American military history and Yamasee War are military history of the Thirteen Colonies.

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References

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