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v. t. e. Yellow River civilization, Huanghe civilization or Huanghe Valley civilization (Chinese: 黃河文明), Hwan‐huou civilization is an ancient Chinese civilization that prospered in the middle and lower basin of the Yellow River. [1] Agriculture was started in the flood plain of the Yellow River, and before long, through flood control ...
New France. The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. At the start of the war, the French colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 settlers, compared ...
Americas. Africa. The Franco-Indigenous Alliance was an alliance between North American indigenous nations and the French, centered on the Great Lakes and the Illinois country during the French and Indian War (1754–1763). [1] The alliance involved French settlers on the one side, and indigenous peoples such as the Abenaki, Odawa, Menominee ...
The Braddock Expedition, also known as Braddock's Campaign or Braddock's Defeat, was a British military expedition which attempted to capture Fort Duquesne from the French in 1755 during the French and Indian War. The expedition, named after its commander General Edward Braddock, was defeated at the Battle of the Monongahela on July 9 and ...
The Battle of Jumonville Glen, also known as the Jumonville affair, was the opening battle of the French and Indian War, [ 5 ] fought on May 28, 1754, near present-day Hopwood and Uniontown in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. A company of provincial troops from Virginia under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Washington, and a small number ...
Siege of Louisbourg. Part of the French and Indian War. Burning of the French ship Prudent and capture of Bienfaisant, during the siege of Louisbourg in 1758, Richard Paton. Date. 8 June – 26 July 1758. Location. Louisbourg, Île-Royale, French Canada. 45°55′17″N 59°58′13″W / 45.92139°N 59.97028°W / 45.92139; -59.97028.
The Battle of Lake George was fought on 8 September 1755, in the north of the Province of New York. [ 2 ] It was part of a campaign by the British to expel the French from North America, in the French and Indian War. [ 3 ] General Jean-Armand, and Baron de Dieskau led a variety of regulars and irregulars.
The title French and Indian War in the singular is used in the United States specifically for the warfare of 1754–63, which composed the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War and the aftermath of which led to the American Revolution. The French and Indian Wars were preceded by the Beaver Wars. In Quebec, the various wars are ...