King George's War
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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. It took place primarily in the British provinces of New York, Massachusetts Bay (which included Maine as well as Massachusetts at the time), New Hampshire (which included Vermont at the time), and Nova Scotia. Its most significant action was an expedition organized by Massachusetts Governor William Shirley that besieged and ultimately captured the French fortress of Louisbourg, on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, in 1745. In French, it is known as the Troisième Guerre Intercoloniale or Third Intercolonial War.[1]
King George's War | |||||||
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Part of the War of Austrian Succession and the American Indian Wars | |||||||
French and Mi'kmaq raid on Grand Pré, February 1747 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Wabanaki Confederacy | Iroquois Confederacy | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Father Jean-Louis Le Loutre Father Pierre Maillard Louis Du Pont Duchambon Pierre Morpain Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu |
William Pepperrell Peter Warren |
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the war in 1748 and restored Louisbourg to France, but failed to resolve any outstanding territorial issues.