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Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War (1702–13) A war between Britain and France, part of the War of the SPANISH SUCCESSION, that was fought in North America. Frontier warfare in New England with savage French and Native American attacks on outlying settlements broke out again at the start of the 18th century (see FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS). In 1710 the French lost Port Royal in Acadia (known to the British as Nova Scotia), which came under British control. A British attempt to capture Quebec the next year was prevented by storms. In the south, a South Carolinian (British) expedition destroyed the Spanish city of St Augustine, Florida, in 1702 and a retaliatory French attack on Charleston (1706) was repulsed. In the Caribbean, St Christopher (St Kitts) was captured from the French in 1702, but Guadeloupe resisted British attacks in the following year. Thereafter only PRIVATEERS and BUCCANEERS remained active. The main British colonial gains at the Peace of UTRECHT were Nova Scotia, western Newfoundland, and St Christopher.
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"Queen Anne's War." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Queen Anne's War." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-QueenAnnesWar.html "Queen Anne's War." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-QueenAnnesWar.html |
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Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War (1702–13) the second of four wars between the British and the French for the control of North America, arising initially out of French and Indian raids on British settlements along the New York and New England borders with Canada. The war was contemporaneous with and related to issues in the War of the Spanish Succession. Fought mainly on the eastern seaboard of the United States and the Maritime provinces of Canada, the war was ended by the Treaty of Utrecht and resulted in Acadia (renamed Nova Scotia), Newfoundland, and the Hudson Bay territory being ceded to the British.
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"Queen Anne's War." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Queen Anne's War." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-QueenAnnesWar.html "Queen Anne's War." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-QueenAnnesWar.html |
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