Michael G. Laramie

The European Invasion of North America (eBook, ePUB)

Colonial Conflict Along the Hudson-Champlain Corridor, 1609-1760

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive resource follows the pivotal and often overlooked efforts of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Dutch, the French, and the English colonies to control the strategic waterways of the Hudson-Champlain corridor from their discovery to the fall of New France. From Champlain and Hudson's initial voyages some 400 years ago, to the surrender of Montreal in 1760, The European Invasion of North America: Colonial Conflict Along the Hudson - Champlain Corridor, 1609-1760 offers unprecedented coverage of the 150-year struggle between New World rivals along this natural invasion route-a struggle which would ultimately determine the destiny of North America. Unlike other volumes on this period, The European Invasion of North America includes extensive coverage from the French and Dutch as well as British perspectives, examining events in the context of larger colonial confrontations. Drawing on hundreds of firsthand accounts, it recaps political maneuvers and blunders, military successes and failures, and the remarkable people behind them all: cabinet ministers in Paris, Amsterdam, and London; colonial leaders such as Stuyvesant, Frontenac, and Montcalm; shrewd diplomats of the Iroquois Confederacy; and soldiers and families on all sides of the conflict. It also highlights the growing friction between Britain and her American colonies, which would soon lead to a different war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 584
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216081579
• Artikelnr.: 68165147

Autorenporträt

Michael G. Laramie is an independent historian with a focus on the colonial conflicts of North America. He served with Air Force reconnaissance squadrons in both the European and Middle East theaters before attending the University of Arizona.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments 1. The First Volley 2. The Long Storm 3. The King's Men 4.
Courcelle's Folly 5. The Mohawks at Bay 6. The New Netherlands 7. Toil,
Turmoil, and Defeat 8. New York 9. The Burning of Schenectady 10. To the
Gates of Montreal 11. The Mohawk Expedition 12. Queen Anne's War 13. A
Chain of Forts 14. The Scourge of Scalp Point 15. Stalemate and Skirmish
16. "A Most Favorable Opportunity" 17. The Bloody Morning Scout 18. The
Battle of Lake George 19. No Advance, No Retreat 20. Fort Vaudreuil 21.
"Our Wisdom Is Be Come Folly, Our Councils Confusion" 22. The Partisan War
23. Rigaud's Expedition 24. Fort William Henry 25 Siege 26. "Relief Is
Greatly Wanted" 27. Tainted Victory 28. The French Zenith 29. "An Irruption
into Canada" 30. An Impossible Task 31. "Never (a) Ball Had a More Deadly
Direction" 32. The Heights of Carillon 33. The Battle of Ticonderoga 34.
Mr. Nabbercromby's Army 35. Amherst 36. A Reversal of Fortune 37. Iron Men
and Wooden Ships 38. "The Total Reduction of Canada" 39. The Old Invasion
Route Appendix A: Maps of the Hudson-Champlain Corridor Appendix B: French
and English Casualty Returns for the Battles of Lake George and Ticonderoga
Appendix C: Warships on Lake George and Lake Champlain, 1742-1760 Notes
Sources Bibliography Index