Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Battle of Fort Duquesne was a British assault on the French -controlled Fort Duquesne (later the site of Pittsburgh) that was repulsed with heavy losses on 14 September 1758, during the French and Indian War . The attack on the fort was part of a large-scale British expedition with 6,000 troops led by General John Forbes to drive the French ...
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. At the start of the war, the French colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 settlers, compared with 2 million ...
The Northwest Indian War (1785–1795), also known by other names, was an armed conflict for control of the Northwest Territory fought between the United States and a united group of Native American nations known today as the Northwestern Confederacy. The United States Army considers it the first of the American Indian Wars.
Siege of Louisbourg. Part of the French and Indian War. Burning of the French ship Prudent and capture of Bienfaisant, during the siege of Louisbourg in 1758, Richard Paton. Date. 8 June – 26 July 1758. Location. Louisbourg, Île-Royale, French Canada. 45°55′17″N 59°58′13″W. / 45.92139°N 59.97028°W / 45.92139; -59.97028.
Braddock Expedition. The Braddock Expedition, also known as Braddock's Campaign or Braddock's Defeat, was a British military expedition which attempted to capture Fort Duquesne from the French in 1755 during the French and Indian War. The expedition, named after its commander General Edward Braddock, was defeated at the Battle of the ...
These Basic Earbuds. The Work Earbuds Classic. Raycon. For everyday wear that’s easy to take in and out, these buds are the perfect pick! See it! Get The Work Earbuds Classic (originally $120 ...
The Battle of Lake George was fought on 8 September 1755, in the north of the Province of New York. [2] It was part of a campaign by the British to expel the French from North America, in the French and Indian War. [3] General Jean-Armand, and Baron de Dieskau led a variety of regulars and irregulars.
Nimwha, Shawnee diplomat, to George Croghan, 1768 In the decades before Pontiac's War, France and Great Britain participated in a series of wars in Europe that involved the French and Indian Wars in North America. The largest of these wars was the worldwide Seven Years' War, in which France lost New France in North America to Great Britain. Most fighting in the North American theater of the ...