The French Indian War In North Carolina

For eight decades, an epic power struggle raged across a frontier that would become Maine. Between 1675 and 1759, British, French, and Native Americans soldiers clashed in six distinct wars to claim the land that became the Pine Tree State. Though the showdown between France and Great Britain was international in scale, the decidedly local conflicts in Maine pitted European settlers against Native American tribes. Native and European communities from the Penobscot to the Piscataqua Rivers suffered brutal attacks. Countless men, women and children were killed, taken captive or sold into servitude. The native people of Maine were torn asunder by disease, social disintegration and political factionalism as they fought to maintain their autonomy in the face of unrelenting European pressure. This is the dark, tragic and largely forgotten struggle that laid the foundation of Maine.

Discusses various Native American tribes, including the Cherokee, Catawba, and Tuscarora, that inhabited colonial North Carolina. Separate chapters are devoted to early Indian wars 1711), the Tuscarora War (1711-1715), the Yamassee and Cheraw Wars (1715-1718), the French and Indian War (1756-1763), and the Cherokee War (1759-1761).

This study covers the history of conflicts between European settlers and Native American tribes which inhabited the territory of North Carolina. This history book provides information on the land of the Indians, the tribes, and wars fought between the local tribes and pilgrims of French and English descent for the period of one century. Contents: The Land of the Indians The Indians of North Carolina Early Indian Wars 1663‐1711 The Tuscarora War; The Barnwell Expedition 1711‐1712 The Tuscarora War; The Moore Expedition 1712‐1715 The Yamassee and Cheraw Wars 1715‐1718 The Decline of the Coastal Plain Indians 1718‐1750 The Catawba Indians of the Piedmont Plateau The Cherokee Indians of the Western Mountains The French and Indian War The Cherokee War; the Beginning The Cherokee War; the End The End of a Century

This book has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This study covers the history of conflicts between European settlers and Native American tribes which inhabited the territory of North Carolina. This history book provides information on the land of the Indians, the tribes, and wars fought between the local tribes and pilgrims of French and English descent for the period of one century. Contents: - The Land of the Indians - The Indians of North Carolina - Early Indian Wars 1663-1711 - The Tuscarora War; The Barnwell Expedition 1711-1712 - The Tuscarora War; The Moore Expedition 1712-1715 - The Yamassee and Cheraw Wars 1715-1718 - The Decline of the Coastal Plain Indians 1718-1750 - The Catawba Indians of the Piedmont Plateau - The Cherokee Indians of the Western Mountains - The French and Indian War - The Cherokee War; the Beginning - The Cherokee War; the End - The End of a Century

For more than a century and a half, from 1607 to 1763, Britain and France struggled to master the eastern half of North America. They fought five blood-soaked wars and continuously provoked various Indian tribes to raise arms against each other's subjects for the mastery of the land. The last French and Indian War, from 1754 to 1760, would dwarf all previous conflicts in the number of troops, expense, geographical expanse, and total casualties. Placing the French and Indian War in a broad historical context, this study examines the struggle for North America during the two preceding centuries and includes not only the conflict between France and Britain, but also the parts played by various Indian tribes and the other European powers. The last French and Indian War makes for colorful reading with its array of inept and daring commanders, epic heroism among the troops, far-flung battles and sieges, and creaking fleets of warships. Ironically, America's most famous founder, George Washington, helped to spark the war, first by trudging through the wilderness in the dead of winter with a message from Virginia Governor Dinwiddie to the French to abandon their forts in the upper Ohio River valley, then a half year later by ordering the war's first shots when his troops ambushed Captain Jumonville, and finally when he ignominiously surrendered his force at Fort Necessity and unwittingly signed a surrender document in French naming himself Jumonville's assassin. Topical chapters discuss the economic, political, social, and military attributes of the participants, and narrative chapters examine the campaigns of the war's first two years.

Introduces the French and Indian War, including the origins of the war; the interactions of the Native Americans, French settlers, British colonists, and British officials; and the consequences of the war.