:: Colonial Wars
1654 |
|| | Postlude to the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-54) | || | English vs. French |
| 1 July 1654 | Having assembled in Boston, English and Provincial forces lead by Major Robert Sedgwick - including a contingent of Roundheads - was about to set out against the Dutch, when news of the peace with Holland reached him. He then decided to attack the French instead, and captured two forts and a settlement adding Acadia to the British dominions where it would stay until 1670. |