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PoD 1702: With the death of King William III, his sister-in-law, Princess Anne, became Queen England, Scotland, and Ireland.
The War of Expansion (1702-1713) was the second of the Great Colonial Wars, this one was fought between Spain and (the future) Great Britain in North America for control of the continent and was the counterpart of the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe.
Early in the war, the English captured Spanish-held St. Augustine, Florida, in 1702. English military aid to the colonists was largely effective in defense of the areas around Charleston, South Carolina, and the English North America frontier with the Louisianaise territories. Spanish forces had no allied indigenous tribes to attack English South Carolina, easing the way for a coalition of Colonists, Indians, and English, Scottish, and Irish soldiers to march clear to Santa Fe from Charleston. The English colonists were thrilled to finally fulfill their "Sea to Sea," grants, and Britain was all too-content with becoming the sole North American colonial power. Promising the Indians wide tracts of white person-free lands, and complete autonomy, the war soon developed to be the Spanish, against the British, Dutch, Colonists, and Indians.
Following the capture of Spanish San Antonio in 1710, Tejas was annexed as British territory. By 1712 an armistice was declared. Completely eliminating the Spanish forces in their Nuevo-Mexico provinces, and allying with Southwest Indians, the English marched clear across the Southwest, finally capturing San Diego in the Battle of Saint James Bay. Under terms spelled out in the Treaty of London (1713), Britain gained the Tejan, New Mexican, and New Californian intendencies of New Spain, the Caribbean island Cuba, and Spanish Hispaniola from Spain. The peace lasted until the next of the Great Colonial Wars, The War of Conquest in 1732.
Most of northern French Louisiana was occupied by Britain in this war, the French barely protested as this was all unsettled Indian country; Louisiana was not formally annexed until the end of the War of Conquest. The French did not attempt to further strengthen New France, either. Most Indians of the Southwest, Sonora, and California would eventually make their way to the more-fertile lands of the Creek Indian Confederation, and later to Indiana, where the British government promised them land. The Iroquois League aided the British soldiers in the early captures of Spanish Florida, and northern Louisiana.
British North America after the Second Great Colonial War
With new, primarily Catholic, provinces on the Pacific coasts, large numbers of English Catholics, Scots Catholics, and Irish immigrated to the Province of English Sonora. Cities such as San Francisco, San Diego, and Santa Ana, and Santa Clara were subsequently re-named Saint Francis, Saint James, Saint Anne, and Saint Claire. Benedict Calvert, son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, was first named "Royal Governor of the Province of Lower California," in 1721. He, and the founding members of the first Executive Council of the First Province petitioned London, and successfully founded the Honorable English West America Company, and became first Proprietor of English Sonora.
Notable communities grew during the period of Sonoran history known as the Palatinate. The palatial capital was established in Saint James (San Diego.) The Council of the Lord Palatine declared all signs and laws in the colony be published in English and Spanish, the first official bilingual law in North America. The Act of Union of 1725 officially united England & Wales and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain. By the time of the War of Conquest in 1732, English Sonora was the more prosperous of the two British colonies on the Pacific, the Province of English Sonora and the Province of Alta California.
The War of Conquest is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed the third part of the four-part Great Colonial War. The War of the Great Lakes officially began when a French commander in French Illinois Country ordered the raiding of the British settlement of Lake Saint Claire and Detroit, in an attempt to regain French control of eastern New France. The war broke out in 1732 between the French and British and was confined to the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay. This escalated into the War of Conquest when the Spanish joined the side of France, once again. In the course of the war, British colonial forces captured the France stronghold of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, but the French captured the western part of the British island of Cuba. French Louisiana was quickly captured, save for the two-week Battle of New Orleans.
The War ended with the Treaty of London, minimizing France's North American empire to French Cuba, St. Pierre et Miquelon, and the rest of the French Caribbean. The War of Conquest did nothing to stop the dispute between Great Britain and France. Spain shifted its allegiance from France to England, as England tightened its alliance with Austria and the conflict continued. This would lead to the War of the Bayou, the fourth of the Great Colonial Wars.
British North America after the Third Great Colonial War
Queen Anne I of Great Britain died shortly after the signing of the Treaty of London, and her son, Prince James of Wales, became King James III, and first monarch of the House of Stuart-Oldenburg.
Coat of Arms of the British House of Stuart-OldenburgUnder James III, the colony of Perennia was the last Atlantic colony, named in honor of Anne I. The colony was founded by James Ogelthorpe as a land were debtors might start over, and was founded out of sparsely populated territory in southern Carolina.
In 1740, the Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Vermonte, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey were placed under a primarily-political and military alliance officially named the "Provincial Confederation of New England and Mediana." It quickly became known as the "Second Confederacy." It's government was centered tri-annually on Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. The representative of the king was the President-General of the Confederation, and was appointed by the monarch. He was responsible for Indian relations, military preparedness, and execution of laws regulating various trade and financial activities. The confederal legislature was the Colonial Assembly, made up of two houses. The Council of States was the upper house, and similar to the House of Lords. The Chamber of Deputies was the lower house, similar to the House of Commons.
((Due to the strong alliance of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Spain with the Habsburg Dominions, Maria Theresa's ascension to the Habsburg throne did not result in a War of Austrian Succession.))
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PoD 1702: With the death of King William III, his sister-in-law, Princess Anne, became Queen England, Scotland, and Ireland.
The War of Expansion (1702-1713) was the second of the Great Colonial Wars, this one was fought between Spain and (the future) Great Britain in North America for control of the continent and was the counterpart of the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe.
Early in the war, the English captured Spanish-held St. Augustine, Florida, in 1702. English military aid to the colonists was largely effective in defense of the areas around Charleston, South Carolina, and the English North America frontier with the Louisianaise territories. Spanish forces had no allied indigenous tribes to attack English South Carolina, easing the way for a coalition of Colonists, Indians, and English, Scottish, and Irish soldiers to march clear to Santa Fe from Charleston. The English colonists were thrilled to finally fulfill their "Sea to Sea," grants, and Britain was all too-content with becoming the sole North American colonial power. Promising the Indians wide tracts of white person-free lands, and complete autonomy, the war soon developed to be the Spanish, against the British, Dutch, Colonists, and Indians.
Following the capture of Spanish San Antonio in 1710, Tejas was annexed as British territory. By 1712 an armistice was declared. Completely eliminating the Spanish forces in their Nuevo-Mexico provinces, and allying with Southwest Indians, the English marched clear across the Southwest, finally capturing San Diego in the Battle of Saint James Bay. Under terms spelled out in the Treaty of London (1713), Britain gained the Tejan, New Mexican, and New Californian intendencies of New Spain, the Caribbean island Cuba, and Spanish Hispaniola from Spain. The peace lasted until the next of the Great Colonial Wars, The War of Conquest in 1732.
Most of northern French Louisiana was occupied by Britain in this war, the French barely protested as this was all unsettled Indian country; Louisiana was not formally annexed until the end of the War of Conquest. The French did not attempt to further strengthen New France, either. Most Indians of the Southwest, Sonora, and California would eventually make their way to the more-fertile lands of the Creek Indian Confederation, and later to Indiana, where the British government promised them land. The Iroquois League aided the British soldiers in the early captures of Spanish Florida, and northern Louisiana.
British North America after the Second Great Colonial War
With new, primarily Catholic, provinces on the Pacific coasts, large numbers of English Catholics, Scots Catholics, and Irish immigrated to the Province of English Sonora. Cities such as San Francisco, San Diego, and Santa Ana, and Santa Clara were subsequently re-named Saint Francis, Saint James, Saint Anne, and Saint Claire. Benedict Calvert, son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, was first named "Royal Governor of the Province of Lower California," in 1721. He, and the founding members of the first Executive Council of the First Province petitioned London, and successfully founded the Honorable English West America Company, and became first Proprietor of English Sonora.
Notable communities grew during the period of Sonoran history known as the Palatinate. The palatial capital was established in Saint James (San Diego.) The Council of the Lord Palatine declared all signs and laws in the colony be published in English and Spanish, the first official bilingual law in North America. The Act of Union of 1725 officially united England & Wales and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain. By the time of the War of Conquest in 1732, English Sonora was the more prosperous of the two British colonies on the Pacific, the Province of English Sonora and the Province of Alta California.
The War of Conquest is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed the third part of the four-part Great Colonial War. The War of the Great Lakes officially began when a French commander in French Illinois Country ordered the raiding of the British settlement of Lake Saint Claire and Detroit, in an attempt to regain French control of eastern New France. The war broke out in 1732 between the French and British and was confined to the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay. This escalated into the War of Conquest when the Spanish joined the side of France, once again. In the course of the war, British colonial forces captured the France stronghold of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, but the French captured the western part of the British island of Cuba. French Louisiana was quickly captured, save for the two-week Battle of New Orleans.
The War ended with the Treaty of London, minimizing France's North American empire to French Cuba, St. Pierre et Miquelon, and the rest of the French Caribbean. The War of Conquest did nothing to stop the dispute between Great Britain and France. Spain shifted its allegiance from France to England, as England tightened its alliance with Austria and the conflict continued. This would lead to the War of the Bayou, the fourth of the Great Colonial Wars.
British North America after the Third Great Colonial War
Queen Anne I of Great Britain died shortly after the signing of the Treaty of London, and her son, Prince James of Wales, became King James III, and first monarch of the House of Stuart-Oldenburg.
Coat of Arms of the British House of Stuart-Oldenburg
In 1740, the Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Vermonte, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey were placed under a primarily-political and military alliance officially named the "Provincial Confederation of New England and Mediana." It quickly became known as the "Second Confederacy." It's government was centered tri-annually on Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. The representative of the king was the President-General of the Confederation, and was appointed by the monarch. He was responsible for Indian relations, military preparedness, and execution of laws regulating various trade and financial activities. The confederal legislature was the Colonial Assembly, made up of two houses. The Council of States was the upper house, and similar to the House of Lords. The Chamber of Deputies was the lower house, similar to the House of Commons.
((Due to the strong alliance of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Spain with the Habsburg Dominions, Maria Theresa's ascension to the Habsburg throne did not result in a War of Austrian Succession.))
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