LEADER 04956oam 2200721 a 450 001 9910963156603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400659119 010 $a9780313002835 010 $a9786610907403 010 $a9781280907401 010 $a1280907401 010 $a9780313002830 010 $a0313002835 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400659119 035 $a(CKB)111056485429134 035 $a(OCoLC)70728795 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary5007055 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000165304 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180177 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165304 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10141983 035 $a(PQKB)10714189 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000272 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5007055 035 $a(OCoLC)929144199 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000272 035 $a(OCoLC)41439625 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400659119BC 035 $a(Perlego)4202281 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485429134 100 $a19990518e20002024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe great frontier war $eBritain, France, and the imperial struggle for North America, 1607-1755 /$fWilliam R. Nester 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2000. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780275967727 311 08$a0275967727 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-314) and index. 327 $aCover -- THE GREAT FRONTIER WAR -- Contents -- Introduction -- NOTES -- THE GREAT FRONTIER WAR -- 1 Trade and Conquest -- RIVAL EMPIRES -- ACADIA -- THE OHIO VALLEY -- GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MISSION -- NOTES -- 2 Economies and Societies -- THE FRENCH EMPIRE -- THE BRITISH EMPIRE -- THE INDIANS -- NOTES -- 3 Armies and Navies -- THE ART OF NORTH AMERICAN WARFARE -- THE ART OF NAVAL WARFARE -- THE FRENCH ARMY -- THE BRITISH ARMY -- THE INDIANS -- NOTES -- 4 1754 -- WASHINGTON'S CAMPAIGN -- ALBANY CONGRESS -- WILLIAM JOHNSON -- KENNEBEC CAMPAIGN -- THE POLITICAL AND FRONTIER WAR -- WHITEHALL'S GRAND STRATEGY -- CONSEQUENCES -- NOTES -- 5 1755 -- ESCALATION -- BRADDOCK -- FORT BEAUSEJOUR -- SHIRLEY VERSUS JOHNSON: ROUND ONE -- VAUDREUIL -- OSWEGO -- LAKE GEORGE -- THE FRONTIER AND NAVAL WAR -- THE ACADIAN DIASPORA -- SHIRLEY VERSUS JOHNSON: ROUND TWO -- CONSEQUENCES -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- PAPERS IN INSTITUTIONS -- PUBLISHED ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND SOURCES -- SECONDARY SOURCES: BOOKS AND ARTICLES -- Index -- About the Author. 330 8 $aFor more than a century and a half, from 1607 to 1763, Britain and France struggled to master the eastern half of North America. They fought five blood-soaked wars and continuously provoked various Indian tribes to raise arms against each other's subjects for the mastery of the land. The last French and Indian War, from 1754 to 1760, would dwarf all previous conflicts in the number of troops, expense, geographical expanse, and total casualties. Placing the French and Indian War in a broad historical context, this study examines the struggle for North America during the two preceding centuries and includes not only the conflict between France and Britain, but also the parts played by various Indian tribes and the other European powers. The last French and Indian War makes for colorful reading with its array of inept and daring commanders, epic heroism among the troops, far-flung battles and sieges, and creaking fleets of warships. Ironically, America's most famous founder, George Washington, helped to spark the war, first by trudging through the wilderness in the dead of winter with a message from Virginia Governor Dinwiddie to the French to abandon their forts in the upper Ohio River valley, then a half year later by ordering the war's first shots when his troops ambushed Captain Jumonville, and finally when he ignominiously surrendered his force at Fort Necessity and unwittingly signed a surrender document in French naming himself Jumonville's assassin. Topical chapters discuss the economic, political, social, and military attributes of the participants, and narrative chapters examine the campaigns of the war's first two years. 606 $aIndians of North America$xGovernment relations$yTo 1789 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yFrench and Indian War, 1755-1763 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yFrench and Indian War, 1755-1763$xCauses 607 $aGreat Britain$xRelations$zFrance 607 $aFrance$xRelations$zGreat Britain 615 0$aIndians of North America$xGovernment relations 676 $a973.2/6 700 $aNester$b William R.$f1956-$0122960 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963156603321 996 $aThe great frontier war$94338213 997 $aUNINA