Author:
Laramie, Michael G. author.
ImprintYardley : Westholme, [2017]
Descriptionxiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:Preface -- Part one: New worlds, 1604-1688 (1. The Beaver Wars ; 2. New France and New Netherland ; 3. The king's hand ; 4. The French and the five nations ; 5. Rivals to the north ; 6. Demonville's expedition ; 7. Acadia and New England)Part two: Grand alliance, 1689-1691 (8. The Glorious Revolution ; 9. The Wabanaki and the Iroquois ; 10. Three wars one name ; 11. The reduction of Canada ; 12. Winthrop's folly ; 13. The battles of La Prairie ; 14. A shifting tide)Part three: Attrition, 1692-1695 (15. Disunity and discord ; 16. The Mohawk expedition ; 17. Missed opportunities ; 18. Stalemate in the east ; 19. The peace offensive l 20. Frontenac and Onondaga)Part four: Uncertain peace, 1696-1697 (21. The fall of Pemaquid ; 22. Iberville ; 23. The war at the top of the world ; 23. The Treaty of Ryswick) -- Conclusion: King William's War and the future of North America.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-312) and index.
Note:"King William's war encompassed several proxy wars being fought by the English and the French through their native allies. The Beaver wars was a long running feud between the Iroquois Confederacy, New France, and New France's native allies over control of the lucrative fur trade. Fueled by English guns and money, the Iroquois attempted to divert the French fur trade towards their English trading partners in Albany, and in the process gain control over other Indian tribes. To the east the pro-French Wabanaki of Maine, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick had earlier fought a war with New England, but English expansion and French urgings, aided by foolish moves and political blunders on the part of New England, erupted uinto a second Wabanaki War on the eve of King William's War. Thus, these two conflicts officially became one with the arrival of news of a declaration of war between France and England in 1689 following the "Glorious Revolution," the coronation of King William III and Queen Mary II. The next nine years saw coordinated attacks, including French assaults on Schenectady, New York, and Massachusetts, and English attacks around Montreal and on Nova Scotia. The war ended diplomatically, but started again five years later in Queen Anne's War."--Book jacket.
