Colonial British military history is the military record of the Thirteen Colonies from their founding to the American Revolution in 1775.
George Washington in 1772 as colonel of the Virginia Regiment; painting by Charles Willson Peale
First Muster, Spring 1637, Massachusetts Bay Colony
"I have no reply to make to your general other than from the mouth of my cannons and muskets." Frontenac famously rebuffs the English envoys at the Battle of Quebec (1690)
Francis Nicholson, commander during the Conquest of Acadia
French and Indian Wars
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The French and Indian Wars were a series of conflicts in North America between 1688 and 1763, some of which indirectly were related to the European dynastic wars. The title French and Indian War in th
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, a crucial battle of the French and Indian War
Fort Carillon controlled the portage between Lake George and Lake Champlain.
At Carillon the French won a rare victory in a battle fought according to European tactical doctrines.
1797 engraving of British Army troops landing during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham