Military History of the Thirteen Colonies
25 entries in the Military History of the Thirteen Colonies compendium.
40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of FootBritish infantry regiment raised in Nova Scotia in 1717.Anglo-Dutch warsFour naval conflicts between the Dutch Republic and England.Battle of Fort DuquesneA British reconnaissance force was defeated near Fort Duquesne.Cane Creek Friends MeetingFirst Quaker meeting in North Carolina's Piedmont region.Cary's RebellionA 1711 uprising over religious and political control in North Carolina.Colonial American military historyMilitary record of the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution.Commander-in-Chief, North AmericaBritish Army command for North America, 1755–1775.Cresap's WarBorder conflict between Pennsylvania and Maryland in the 1730s.Esopus WarsTwo 17th-century conflicts between Esopus Natives and Dutch colonists.Fairfield Swamp FightFinal battle of the Pequot War, ending Pequot political identity.Fortifications of New NetherlandDefensive works of the Dutch colony in North America.Joseph JudsonCo-founder of Woodbury, Connecticut, and colonial militia officer.Kieft's WarEarly Dutch–Algonquian conflict sparked by an unauthorized massacre.King Philip's WarA devastating colonial war in New England, 1675–1678.King William's WarFirst of six colonial wars between New France and New England.Leisler's RebellionA colonial uprising sparked by the Glorious Revolution.Lord Dunmore's WarA 1774 conflict over settlement south of the Ohio River.Mystic massacre1637 attack that destroyed a Pequot fort and broke the tribe.Narragansett-Montaukett WarA colonial-era conflict between Narragansetts and Montauketts.Pennamite–Yankee WarsThree armed conflicts over the Wyoming Valley between Connecticut and Pennsylvania settlers.Philipsburg ProclamationBritish proclamation offering freedom to patriot-owned slaves.Rogers' RangersElite light infantry scouts of the French and Indian War.Schenectady massacreFrench and Native raid on Schenectady, New York, in 1690.Siege of SpringfieldA 1675 siege that burned the second colonial settlement in New England.English overseas possessions in the Wars of the Three KingdomsEnglish overseas possessions drawn into the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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