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King William’s War

King William’s War was the first French and Indian War. Similar to Queen Anne’s War (1702–1713) and King George’s War (1744–1748), this conflict grew out of a struggle in Europe. After American Indians allied to the English raided French settlements near Montreal, the French and their Indian allies retaliated by staging raids on New York and New England. Two English assaults on the province of Quebec ended in failure. The war was finally ended in 1697 by the Treaty of Ryswick, which returned to England and France all territory each side had...

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Jacques Cartier

Born in Brittany, one of the leading provinces engaged in the Grand Banks fishing industry, Cartier (1491–1557) became a sailor of some repute in his home of Saint-Malo. After Brittany was annexed to France in 1534, King Francis I commissioned him to follow up on Verrazano’s efforts to find a passage to the Pacific. On this first voyage, Cartier and his crew came into contact with a number of Native American people; they traded with them and kidnapped two boys to take back to France. On his second voyage, Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence...