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
Date3 May 1744 –18 October 1748
Location
Result Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents

 France

Wabanaki Confederacy

 Great Britain

Iroquois Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
Father Jean-Louis Le Loutre
Father Pierre Maillard
Kingdom of France Louis Du Pont Duchambon
Kingdom of France Pierre Morpain
Kingdom of France Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu
William Pepperrell
Kingdom of Great Britain 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.

  1. ^ Lacoursière, Jacques; Provencher, Jean; Vaugeois, Denis (9 May 2018). Canada-Québec 1534–2000. Les éditions du Septentrion. ISBN 9782894481868. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2018 – via Google Books.