King George's War

(noun)

The operations in North America (1744–1748) that formed part of the concurrent War of the Austrian Succession.

Related Terms

  • Acadia
  • King William's War
  • Queen Anne's War

Examples of King George's War in the following topics:

  • European Wars in the Colonies

    • The war gained its colorful name from a Spanish threat against British captain Robert Jenkins, whose ear was severed when his ship was boarded; he was told to show his ear to Parliament and tell the king that the Spanish would do the same to him.
    • The war was largely subsumed by the War of the Austrian Succession in 1742.
    • King William's War (1689–1697), also known as the "Nine Years War" and the "War of the League of Augsburg," was a phase in the larger Anglo-French conflict for colonial domination throughout the world.
    • The Iroquois suffered heavily in King William's War and were brought, along with other western American Indians, into the French trading network.
    • King George's War, 1744–1748, was the North American phase of the concurrent War of the Austrian Succession.
  • Empires in Conflict

    • The war gained its colorful name from a Spanish threat against British captain Robert Jenkins, whose ear was severed when his ship was boarded; he was told to show his ear to Parliament and tell the king that the Spanish would do the same to him.
    • The war was largely subsumed by the War of the Austrian Succession in 1742.
    • King William's War (1689–97), also known as the Nine Years War and the War of the League of Augsburg, was a phase of the larger Anglo-French conflict for colonial domination throughout the world.
    • Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) was the second war for control of the continent, and was the counterpart of the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe.
    • King George's War (1744–48) was the North American phase of the War of the Austrian Succession .
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    • The Battle of Bunker Hill took place mostly on and around Breed's Hill during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War.
    • King George's attitude toward the colonies hardened, and the news may have contributed to his rejection of the Continental Congress' Olive Branch Petition, the last substantive political attempt at reconciliation.
    • Discuss the significance of the Battle of Bunker Hill for the future course of the Revolutionary War
  • The Expansion of England's Empire

    • The rapidity, silence, and ferocity of their war parties proved devastating against the colonial style of waging war; though the colonials generally emerged successful in the long term.
    • After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, British territories in the Americas were slowly granted more responsible government.
    • George's, Bermuda.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

    • Martin Luther King, Jr.
    • King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Reverend Martin Luther King Sr., and Alberta Williams King.
    • At that time, most of the students had abandoned their studies to participate in World War II.
    • In the following years leading up to his death, he expanded his focus to include poverty and the Vietnam War—alienating many of his liberal allies, particularly with a 1967 speech entitled "Beyond Vietnam."
    • He frequently spoke of the need for fundamental changes in the political and economic life of the nation, and expressed his opposition to the war and his desire to see a redistribution of resources to correct racial and economic injustice. 
  • Pursuing Both War and Peace

    • In 1775, the Colonies proposed the Olive Branch Petition to reconcile with Britain and avert war, but King George III denied the petition.
    • However, a small faction of delegates, led by John Adams, argued that war was inevitable.
    • The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in an attempt to avoid a war with Great Britain.
    • King George indicated that he intended to deal with the crisis with armed force.
    • The Second Continental Congress maintained that they still hoped to avoid a "civil war".
  • King Philip's War

    • King Philip's War was fought between the Wampanoag tribe of New England and the English colonists and their Native American allies.
    • King Philip's allies began to desert him.
    • The war was the single greatest calamity to occur in 17th century Puritan New England.
    • Before King Philip's War, they had mostly been ignored as uninteresting and poor English outposts.
    • King Philip, also known as Metacom, led the Wampanoag Indians in King Philip's War.
  • Economic Development in the North

    • The North had a more highly-developed industrial economy that led to military success during the Civil War and sustained economic growth after the war.
    • During the Civil War the leaders of the Confederacy used the slogan "King Cotton" to convinced southerners that succession from the North was feasible and desirable.
    • The British never believed in King Cotton, and they never intervened.
    • Consequently, the strategy proved a failure for the Confederacy — King Cotton did not help the new nation, but the spontaneous blockade caused the loss of desperately needed gold.
    • The Union grew rich fighting the war, as the Confederate economy was destroyed.
  • The Indian Response

    • The Creek War (1813–1814), also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, began as a civil war within the Creek (Muscogee) Nation.
    • European-American historians sometimes argue that this war should be considered a part of the War of 1812, because tribal tensions were exacerbated during this war .
    • Leaders of the Lower Creek included Bird Tail King (Fushatchie Mico) of Cussetta, Little Prince (Tustunnuggee Hopoi) of Broken Arrow, and William McIntosh (Tunstunuggee Hutkee, White Warrior) of Coweta.
    • This decision ignited civil war in the Creek Nation.
    • Analyze the relationship between the Creek Civil War and the War of 1812
  • Cotton in the South

    • At the time of the American Civil War, Southern plantations generated 75% of the world's cotton supply.
    • They did not need war to make profits from cotton.
    • King Cotton was a slogan used by southerners (1860–61) to support secession from the United States.
    • King Cotton did not help the new nation.
    • King Cotton was a slogan used by southerner (1860-61) to support secession from the United States.
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