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King William's War

Name: King William's War
Brand: MARK KELLY
SKU: 9798233319020
Price: 24.82 EUR
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How the First Colonial Conflict Changed America Forever

Autor: Douglas Ross Hyde

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Väzba: Brožovaná

Vydavateľ: MARK KELLY

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Autor

Douglas Ross Hyde

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

2026

Stránok

588

EAN

9798233319020

Enbook ID

51048859

Vydavateľ

MARK KELLY

Hmotnosť

674

Rozmery

140 x 216 x 33

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King William's War: How the First Colonial Conflict Changed America Forever

King William's War, fought between 1689 and 1697, was the first major conflict between French and English colonists in North America, yet it remains largely forgotten in American historical memory. This comprehensive history reveals how this brutal nine-year struggle established patterns that would define colonial warfare for seventy years until the British conquest of New France in 1763. Through meticulous research and vivid storytelling, the book chronicles devastating frontier raids like the Schenectady Massacre, the catastrophic Quebec expedition, and Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville's campaigns in Newfoundland and Hudson Bay. It explores the sophisticated diplomacy of indigenous peoples, particularly the Iroquois Confederacy's revolutionary pursuit of neutrality through the Great Peace of Montreal. The book demonstrates connections between frontier trauma and the Salem witch trials, examines how warfare transformed colonial society through refugee crises and captivity experiences, and analyzes why European peace treaties consistently failed to resolve North American disputes. By recovering this forgotten conflict, the book illuminates the violence inherent in colonization, the remarkable agency of indigenous peoples, and the human costs of imperial ambitions. King William's War deserves recognition as the opening movement in the long struggle that determined North America's political future.