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HST 315: Military History of the United States
Late Colonial Period

 

Technology

 

Strategy & Tactics

  • Linear tactics

 

The Colonial Wars

  • King William's War [1689-1697]
  • Queen Anne's War [1702-1713]
  • King George's War (War of the 1740s) [1744-1748]
  • French and Indian War (Seven Years War/Great War for Empire)       [1754-1763]

 

French and Indian War (Seven Years War), 1754-1763

  • George Washington
  • Ft. Duquesne, 1754
  • Albany Plan of Union
  • Edward Braddock
  • Braddock's Defeat, 1755
  • William Pitt, 1757
  • Turning Points, 1758
  •     Ft. Louisbourg captured
  •     Ft. Duquesne captured
  • Quebec, 1759 (Montcalm vs. Wolfe)
  • Montreal, 1760
  • Peace of Paris, 1763

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

This web site and its pages constitute the syllabus for this course.  A hard copy is available on request.  I reserve the right to make changes as necessary.

The Death of General Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham, Sept. 13, 1759