Queen Anne's War

Queen Anne's War was the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession, fought from 1702 to 1713 between England, France, and their allies, including Indigenous nations.

Raid on Deerfield: A 1704 attack on the Massachusetts town of Deerfield by French and Indigenous forces, followed by the capture of many residents. The raid shows how frontier warfare brought the European conflict directly into New England settlements.
War of the Spanish Succession: A European war fought from 1701 to 1714 over the succession to the Spanish throne and the balance of power. Queen Anne's War was its North American theater, where European alliances shaped colonial enemies.
Queen Anne: Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1702 to 1714, whose reign gave the conflict its English name. Her accession coincided with the war's outbreak and supplied its familiar name.
Treaty of Utrecht: A series of agreements in 1713 that ended the War of the Spanish Succession for most of its belligerents. The treaty formally ended the war and transferred Acadia and Newfoundland from France to Britain.
Siege of Port Royal (1707): An unsuccessful English colonial expedition against the French capital of Acadia in 1707. Repeated attempts to seize Port Royal made Acadia a central target in the northern theater.
Treaty of Ryswick: A 1697 peace settlement that ended the Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance. Its unresolved imperial rivalries helped set the stage for renewed warfare in North America.
Joseph Dudley: A colonial administrator who served as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1702 to 1715. Dudley directed Massachusetts' wartime policy and supported expeditions against French Acadia.
British conquest of Acadia: The British takeover of French Acadia, culminating in the capture of Port Royal in 1710 and confirmed in 1713. The conquest was the war's most lasting territorial change in northeastern North America.
Siege of Port Royal (1710): The 1710 British-led expedition that captured Port Royal, the French capital of Acadia. Its success shifted Acadia into British control before the war's formal settlement.
War of the Grand Alliance: A European conflict from 1688 to 1697 in which France fought a coalition led by the Dutch Republic and England. This earlier war established the pattern of English-French colonial conflict that resumed in 1702.

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King William's WarCompared with: It renewed French-English colonial warfare after the Ryswick peace proved temporary.