:: Colonial Wars
1702 - 1713 |
|| | Queen Anne's War | || | French |
(Part of the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714)
| Feb. 28-29, 1704 | The Deerfield Massacre |
| A force comprised of Abenaki, Kanienkehaka, Wyandot and Pocumtuck Indians, led by a small contingent of French-Canadian militia, sack the town of Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 56 civilians and taking dozens more as captives. | |
| Oct. 16, 1710 | Capture of Port Royal |
| British forces under Colonel Francis Nicholson and Sir Charles Hobby recapture Port Royal, this time permanently, and rename it Annapolis Royal. | |
| Aug. 23, 1711 | British fail to seize Quebec |
| British expedition, assembled and outfitted in Boston, fails to take Quebec when 10 ships are wrecked in the St. Lawrence River. | |
| April 11, 1713 | Treaty of Utrecht |
| Ends the war and cedes Acadia to the British, who rename it, Nova Scotia | |
| June 23, 1704 | |
| Ends the war and cedes Acadia to the British, who rename it, Nova Scotia |