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Battle of Jumoville Glen
This was the catalyst that started the "French Indian" war in 1754. The battle occured when a group of 35 French milita men ,under the command of Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville, were ambushed by a colonial militia group from virginia led by George Washington. Many of the French were killed including de Jumonville, but most were captured. -
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Seven Years War
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The Battle of Fort Necessity
On the morning of July the third six hundred French soldiers accompanied by one hundred Native Americans. By the morning of the fourth the British had abandoned the fort and retreated. -
British Capture of Fort Beauséjour
Beginning June 3, 1755, a British army under the command ofLieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton staged out of nearby Fort Lawrence, besieged the small French garrison at Fort Beauséjour with the goal of opening the Chignecto to British control. This was the only gateway between Quebec and Louisbourg during the winter months.After two weeks of siege, Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor, the fort's commander surrendered. -
The Cacapon Massacre
On the morning of the april the eighteenth two American colonists were killed near Fort Edward, by a raiding party of Delaware and Shawanee Natives. A small group of milita, lead by Captain Mercer, followed them into the woods. They were ambushed by about one hundred Natives, only six of the seventy milita men escaped. -
Battle of Fort Oswego
Major General Montcalm with a force of three thousand colonial militia and Native americans took the fort on August the twenty-third late in the day, the English abandoned the fort whereupon the French took control of it and caused some general havoc before destroying all the supplies and boats int he fort and returning to Montreal -
The Battle of Fort Bull
Fort Bull was established in the wake of the disastorus British campain in 1755 to create a better supply chain. The garrison at Fort Bull consisted of only 111 regular British soldiers. The largest garrison was located at Fort Oswego, at the end of the chain. The French commander had approximatly 300 soldiers at his command. They stormed the fort on the morning of the 25th, After the battle was finished 76 of the british were dead and the rest captured. The French then set the magazine on fire. -
Battle of Bloody Creek
A small band of Acadian and Mi'kmaq guerillas ambushed a party of colonial workers capturing seven and killing one. A detachment under the command of Captain Peter Pigou was sent to retrive the prisoners. After having no luck finding them the one hundered and thirty men turned back, as they were crossing the creek when the band of Acadians and Mi'kmaq attacked killing many. -
Battle on Snowshoes
The English Ranger company of one hundred and eighty men, led by Robert Rodgers went to scout Fort Ticonderoga, there they were ambushed by a large group of Native and French warriors. One hundred and fifty British were killed or wounded in the ensuing fray. -
The Battle of Carillion
The battle of Carillion was a decisive win for the French, In which four thousand French soldiers at Fort Ticonderoga defeated a much superior force of sixteen thousand English soldiers at the fort. -
Siege of Louisbourg
This was a major push by the British to establish control over the maritime provinces in Canada, Major General Jeffery Amhurst was in command of fourteen thousand soldeirs and two hundred ships. The french garrison at Louisbourg around seven thousand troops at his command. After fighting heavily for two weeks the French surrendered to the British on the twenty-sixth. -
Battle of Fort Frontenac
Lieutenant Colonel John Bradstreet assembled an army of one hundred and thirty regular troops and three thousand milita men. After two days of heavy fire the French surrenedered. The english ransacked the fort and destroyed eighty thousand livres of provisions furs and munitions. -
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
The Plains of Abraham was a disater for the French forces stationed at Quebec. General Moncalm, the leader of the french forces at Quebec saw the English moving up to the walls of the city, he panicked and instead of waiting for reinforcements from upriver he rashly attacked the British soldiers, lead by General Wolfe. By the end of the battle the French had broken and run leaving sixty dead and over six hundred wounded. Both Montcalm and Wolfe died in the battle. -
The Battle of Sainte-Foy
The French counter-offensive in response to the capture of Quebec. The British had three thousand eight hundred men and twenty seven cannons, where the French had five thousand men but no artillery or naval ships. The French did break the British ranks forcing them to reatreat back to the city, which the french laid seige to for a month, when the arrival of British naval ships forced the french to reatreat. -
The Battle of Signal Hill
This was one of the last major battles of the American Theater of War, the British Commander Lieutenant Colonel William Amhurst, fought the French garrisn which was had occupied the city of St.Johns since June of the same year. On the dawn of the 15th the English climbed the hill and surprised the French camped there. The City fell 3 days later. -
Treaty of Hubertsburg
This treaty was signed by representitaves from Prussia Austria and Saxony. This in addtition to the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years War.
