Queen Anne's War (1702–1713)

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Historical event: 1702-1713

Epoch: The War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714)

Queen Anne's War (1702–1713), was the North American theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession.

Excerpt from Annals of Warren Maine...

1702 — On the death of King William, March 8, 1702, Anne, the sister of the late queen, ascended the throne of England; upon which, war was declared by the King of France who supported the claims of her excluded catholic brother. As the English had now no settlements east of Falmouth, few of the events of this, the third Indian war, fall within the limits of this work. The remains of the Wawenocks and the other tribes west of the Penobscot, were soon after induced by the French to remove to the river St. Francois, there forming a settlement and tribe often denominated "the St. Francois Indians." Castine had now returned to France with his wealth; but his son,generally called Castine the younger, born of a Tarratine woman, continued at Biguyduce. He was a person of an excellent character and amiable disposition, inheriting neither the bigotry of the French nor the ferocity of the savages. Seeing the wasting effect of war upon the Indians, he lost no opportunity in promoting a friendly intercourse with the English; yet a small party of the latter, actuated, we know not by what motives of wickedness or folly, visited his house under the mask of friendship and plundered it of "great spoil." This act was deeply regretted by government and ample indemnity promised ; the English being desirous of giving the natives no provocation for engaging in the present war. They were, however, not to be detached from their French allies, and soon made fresh inroads upon all the frontier settlements.^[1]

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Theaters and events

Carolina and Florida

• The Battle of Flint River (Oct 1702)
• Siege of St. Augustine (1702)
• Apalachee massacre (25-26 Jan 1704)
• Lefebvre's Charles Town expedition (September 1706)
• Siege of Pensacola (1707)
• Battle of Mobile (1709)

New England. Quebec, and Acadia

• Northeast Coast Campaign (10 Aug – 6 Oct 1703)
• Raid on Deerfield (29 Feb 1704)
• Church's Fifth Expedition (May-July 1704)

• Raid on Kouesanouskek (June 1704)
• Raid on Pentagouet (June 1704)
• Raid on St Stephen (June 1704)
• Raid on Grand Pré (July 1704)

• Raid on Marlborough (Aug 1704)
• Raid on Norridgewock (1705)
• Siege of Port Royal (1707)
• Raid on Haverhill (1708)
• Siege of Port Royal (1710)
• Battle of Bloody Creek (1711)
• Quebec Expedition (1711)

Newfoundland

• Newfoundland expedition (1702)
• Siege of St. John's (1705)
• Battle of St. John's (1709)

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Sources

1. ↑ Cyrus Eaton, A.M., (1784-1875). "Annals of the town of Warren, in Knox county, Maine, with the early history of St. George's, Broad bay, and the neighboring settlements on the Waldo patent." Hallowell, Masters & Livermore, 1877. p.32-33 (Accessed 11 Jan 2023) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101021194574&view=1up&seq=60

See also:

• King Philip's War
• King William's War (1688-1697)