War in the Forest
Great War for Empire 1689-1697
Introduction
The colonial powers of England and France battled for control of the North American continent from the end of the 17th century until the 1750s. Ultimately both would lose, but not before dragging a number of native allies down with them.
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[1] April 1688 - Sir Edmund Andros raids the barter fort Castine on the grounds that Frenchman Jean Vincent illegally raised the fort in English territory. This action outrages the Wabanaki natives that are friendly trade partners of the French.
[2] May 1688 - English settlers arrest 16 Wabanaki warriors in Saco.
[3] Sept 1688 - The English erect forts in North Yarmouth and Brunswick.
[4] Winter 1688 - The Wabanaki riad outlying settlements.
[5] France dispatches Louis de Buade, Lord Frontenac. Frontenac plans to defeat the English by allying with the Iroquois.
[5] July 1689 - Frontenac arrives in Montreal to find the Iroquois have raided Lachine, ruining his plans to form an alliance with the Iroquois.
[6] Summer 1689 - Wabanaki warriors with Pennacook, Ossipee, and Pigwacket warriors attack Dover. They kill Major Richard Waldron among 30 settlers.
[7-9] Winter 1690 - Frontenac launches a campaign from Montreal down waterways to Lake Champlain and Lake George. A three-pronged assault to attack Albany, Salmon Falls and Fort Loyal.
The English comeback
[10] Summer 1690 - Sir William Phips takes Fort Royal
[11] Winter 1690 - Phips unsuccessfully attacks Quebec.
[12] Sept 1691 - Benjamin Church fights the Wabanaki inland.
[13] Feb 5, 1692 French and Wabanaki forces attack York, killing forty-eight soldiers.
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The fighting officially ends in September 1697 with the treaty of Ryswick. The fighting continues for years of back-and-forth violence in wave of attack and counter-attack on the frontier. Rivalry (and war) between the two colonial powers continues for another 6 decades.
Notes
References
Utley, Robert M, and Wilcomb E Washburn. Indian Wars. Boston Mass., Houghton Mifflin, 2002.