King William's War (1 ene 1688 año – 20 sept 1697 año)

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A conflict fought between two alliances, both of a European power and a Native American ally; one consisting of England and the Iroquois Confederacy, and the other composed of France and the Wabanaki Confederacy. It was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War, and was the first French and Indian War.

The English-allied Iroquois controlled the fur trade, and by 1688 refused to trade with New France to secure economic dominance for themselves and their allies. The French proceeded to raid the Seneca lands, prompting an English raid on Lachine. Meanwhile, French-friendly tribes in French Acadia allied to form the Wabanaki Confederacy as revenge for losing King Phillip's War. After the Nine Years' War broke out, fighting began between the two factions in North America.

After some skirmishes around modern-day Maine, Wabanaki warriors in June 1689 raided New Hampshire and successfully defeated the English force dispatched to counter them. The French then destroyed the English fort at Pemaquid. English forces led by Major Benjamin Church began to push the Wabanaki out of Maine, but were defeated and the residents of Maine were nearly all massacred by the French and Wabanaki.

By 1690, British commander Sir William Phips captured Port Royal, the capital of Acadia. Brutal fighting continued between both sides for the next four years. In 1696, the French-Wabanaki alliance raided Pemaquid, followed by the destruction of most English settlements in Newfoundland. The English colonists were weak and those in New York did little to help their Iroquois allies. In 1697, the French and English signed the Treaty of Ryswick, restoring captured lands to their previous states and ending the war.

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