An American history . ed them to fury by a bold in-sult to English pride. On the death of the exiled James II,September 6, 1701, Louis recognized as the rightful king ofEngland, his young son, whom the English Parliament haddisinherited.^ Both inEurope and Americabroke out at once theWar of the SpanishSuccession (i 701-1713).187. Queen AnnesWar. Before hostili-ties actually began Wil-liam III died. He wassucceeded by his sister-in-law, Queen Anne,younger daughter ofJames 11. The Ameri-cans have generallycalled the great conflictQueen Annes War. InEurope it developed thegeneral who is perhapsth
An American history . ed them to fury by a bold in-sult to English pride. On the death of the exiled James II,September 6, 1701, Louis recognized as the rightful king ofEngland, his young son, whom the English Parliament haddisinherited.^ Both inEurope and Americabroke out at once theWar of the SpanishSuccession (i 701-1713).187. Queen AnnesWar. Before hostili-ties actually began Wil-liam III died. He wassucceeded by his sister-in-law, Queen Anne,younger daughter ofJames 11. The Ameri-cans have generallycalled the great conflictQueen Annes War. InEurope it developed thegeneral who is perhapsthe greatest Englandhas produced, Marlborough; whose famous victories of Blen-heim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet, astonished theworld, shattered the power of France, and forced Louis tobeg for peace. Peace was made by the Treaty of Utrechtin 1713. By this treaty France gave up Nova Scotia, whichhas been an English possession ever since. Newfoundland andthe Hudson Bay Country were also surrendered by the 1 As he continued until his death to claim the crown of England, he is knownas the Pretender. His son, who made the same claim, is called the YoungPretender. 2 For the provisions of the treaty with regard to the slave trade, see section 214. 128 AMERICAN HISTORY 188. The Capture of Port Royal. The most obvious con-tribution of the Americans to the final success of the Englishin Queen Annes war was the conquest of Acadia, or NovaScotia. In 17ID a British fleet and an American army unitedat Boston and sailed for Port Royal. After a brief siegethe place surrendered and was renamed Annapolis. 189. The Sack of Deerfield. In the North this was theonly large event of the war. But there was much savageraiding by the French and Indians all along the Canadianborder. Perhaps the best known of these attacks is the onewhich ended in the destruction of Deerfield, the numbers involved were not great, there was anespecial ferocity in the way the b
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