Battle of Quebec

The Battle of Québec was fought in October 1690 between the colonies of New France and Massachusetts, then ruled by the kingdoms of France and England, respectively. It was the first time Québec's defences were tested. Following the capture of Port Royal in Acadia, during King William's War, the New Englanders hoped to seize Montréal and Québec itself, the capital of New France. The loss of the Acadian fort shocked the Canadiens, and Governor-Gen... more

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The Nine Years' War (1688–97), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance, the War of the League of Augsburg, formerly the War of the Palatine Succession or...

King William's War

The first of the French and Indian Wars, King William's War (1689–97) was the name used in the English colonies in America to refer to the North American...

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