Empires at War The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America, 1754-1763

by Fowler, Jr., William M.

• ISBN13: 9780802777379
• ISBN10: 0802777376
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-10
• Publisher: Walker Books

Summary

On May 28, 1754, a group of militia and Indians led by a twenty-two-year-old major named George Washington surprised a camp of sleeping French soldiers near present-day Pittsburgh. The brief but deadly exchange of fire that ensued lit the match that, in Horace Walpole's memorable phrase, would "set the world on fire." The resulting French and Indian War in North America escalated into a global conflict fought across Europe, Africa, and the East and West Indies. Before it ended, nearly one million men had died.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Biographical Sketches	p. xiii
Chronology	p. xxi
Prologue	p. 1
Lining Up Allies	p. 11
George Washington Helps Start a War	p. 27
Braddock's March	p. 49
French Victory, English Defeat	p. 64
Montcalm and Loudoun	p. 87
A Failure and a "Massacre"	p. 105
Ticonderoga	p. 130
Duquesne and Louisbourg	p. 152
Quebec Besieged	p. 173
The Fall of Quebec	p. 198
The Year of Great Victories	p. 215
Pitt Departs, the War Expands	p. 241
The End, the Beginning	p. 266
Epilogue	p. 284
Notes	p. 291
A Note on Sources	p. 315
Index	p. 319
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