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Champlain colonizes Quebec for France
British forces scaled the rocky cliffs of Quebec and defeated the French army defending the city. -
King William's War
England and its American colonies and Indian allies opposed France and its Indian allies and which constituted the American phase of the War of the Grand Alliance. -
French Found New Orleans
New Orleans began life in 1718 as a French-Canadian outpost, an unlikely set of shacks on a marsh. -
King George's War
King George's War (1744–1748) is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars. -
Seven Years War
A war fought in the middle of the eighteenth century between the German kingdom of Prussia, supported by Britain, and an alliance that included Austria, France, and Russia. Prussia and Britain won, and their victory greatly increased their power. -
Battle of Quebec
The Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille de Québec) was fought between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City early in the American Revolutionary War.