King George's War

King George's War
Part of the War of Austrian Succession and the American Indian Wars
French and Mi'kmaq raid on Grand Pré, February 1747
Date 3 May 1744 –18 October 1748 Location North America Result Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
France  New France Wabanaki Confederacy	Great Britain British America 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

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]

The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the war in 1748 and restored Louisbourg to France, but failed to resolve any outstanding territorial issues.