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This category includes articles on forts located in the current area of the United States that were constructed during colonial times by various empires. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Along with new forts, a few masonry forts of the colonial period were rebuilt under the first system, which was built from 1794 through 1801. [1] The second system began construction in 1802, due to tensions with Britain and France that ultimately led to the War of 1812 .
This is a list of historical forts in the United States. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included.
The colonists built several western-style forts, mostly in and around the coast of the island. The first to build colonial forts in Sri Lanka were the Portuguese; these forts were captured and later expanded by the Dutch. The British occupied these Dutch forts during the Napoleonic wars. Most of the colonial forts were garrisoned up until the ...
The French forts in Canada were located from the Atlantic Ocean to as far west as the confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan rivers, and as far north as James Bay. Built between the 1640s and the 1750s, a few were captured from rival British fur trading companies like Hudson's Bay Company .
The fort was of strategic importance during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France, and again played an important role during the American Revolutionary War. The site controlled a river portage alongside the mouth of the rapids-infested La Chute River, in the 3.5 miles (5.6 km) between Lake Champlain and Lake George.
Colonial forts in New York (state) (27 P) Colonial forts in North Carolina (6 P) O. Colonial forts in Ohio (4 P) P. Colonial forts in Pennsylvania (42 P) R.
Early colonial defense works constructed before the 19th century were primarily small coastal batteries built of stone having anywhere from two to ten guns. Some of these early forts and batteries are the oldest standing masonry forts in the new world. Later forts constructed by the royal engineers were much larger and more complex. Fort St ...