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• French and Indian Wars — The French and Indian Wars is a name used in the United States for a series of conflicts in North America that represented the actions there that accompanied the European dynastic wars. In Quebec, the wars are generally referred to as the… …   Wikipedia

• French and Indian Wars — series of wars between 1689 1763 in which England and France fought for control of North America …   English contemporary dictionary

• French and Indian War — Not to be confused with French and Indian Wars. French and Indian War Part of the Seven Years War …   Wikipedia

• French and Iroquois Wars — The French and Iroquois Wars, also called the Iroquois Wars or the Beaver Wars, commonly refer to a brutal series of conflicts fought in the mid 17th century in eastern North America. The Iroquois sought to expand their territory and monopolize… …   Wikipedia

• Indian Wars —    The name commonly given to conflict between indigenous North American peoples, referred to almost uniformly as “Indians,” and European settlers encroaching on their territory, starting in the sixteenth century and lasting into the late… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• American Indian Wars — An 1899 chromolithograph of US cavalry pursuing Native Americans, artist unknown Date 1622–192 …   Wikipedia

• French colonization of the Americas — began in the 14th century, and continued in the following centuries as France established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere. France founded colonies in much of eastern North America, on a number of Caribbean islands, and in South… …   Wikipedia

• Indian removals in Indiana — began in in the early 1830s and was mostly completed by 1846. The removals were preceded by several treaties, beginning in 1795, that gradually purchased most of the state from various tribes. The removals were part of a larger nationwide Indian… …   Wikipedia

• French leave — is Leave of absence without permission or without announcing one s departure , [ Brewer s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Millennium Edition; London: Cassell, 1999)] including leaving a party without bidding farewell to the host. The intent… …   Wikipedia

• French colonial empire — France was a dominant empire in the world, from the 1600s to the late 1960s, possessing many colonies in various locations around the world. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the global rule of France was the second largest behind the British… …   Wikipedia

• Wars of the indigenous peoples of North America — refers to conflicts between the indigenous peoples of North America and the Russian, Spanish, French and British Empires and Mexico, including wars on what is now United States territory fought by these powers or their populations . Wars between… …   Wikipedia