List of 18th-century wars involving the Thirteen Colonies

This List of Colonial American Wars includes military conflicts involving the Thirteen Colonies and their predecessor colonies from 1701 to 1774. It covers the colonies that joined them prior to the American Revolution and the colonies' Independence in 1776 (for example the Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691 and the Saybrook Colony merged with Connecticut Colony in 1644). These would include the New England Colonies, Chesapeake Colonies, Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies, as well as in the British-controlled Ohio Country and Illinois Country.

There are 20 military conflicts in this list, excluded are all conflicts involving other British territories in British America that did not become part of the United States.

While this list is related to the wars involving the United States, it serves as a historical prequel in that it focuses on the colonies and territories that would later make up the United States. As such the criteria will be similar and different in several respects.

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18th century wars

ConflictAlliesOpponent(s)ResultBritish monarchs Queen Anne's War (2nd Intercolonial War)(1702–1713) Part of the War of the Spanish Succession and the Indian Wars

Location: North America (before 1707) English America (after 1707) British America Muscogee (Creek)ChickasawYamasee Iroquois Confederacy

Remained largely neutral, but participated on both sides Spain loyal to Philip V New Spain Wabanaki ConfederacyCaughnawaga MohawkChoctawTimucuaApalacheeNatchez Iroquois Confederacy

Remained largely neutral, but participated on both sides Colonial/British Victory British victory over French in Canada. Spanish Empire in the Americas remains intact.

Treaty of Utrecht Treaty of Portsmouth (1713)AnneEnglish monarch(March 8, 1702 – May 1, 1707)British monarch(May 1, 1707 – August 1, 1714)Cary's Rebellion(1711) Location: Province of CarolinaProvince of Carolina Colony of Virginia Royal MarinesEnglish Dissenters/RebelsColonial Victory Province of Carolina split into the Province of North Carolina and the Province of South Carolina Edward Hyde becomes first governor of North Carolina Deputy Governor Thomas Carry arrested and sent to London Quaker governance of North Carolina ended and excluded from provincial politicsAnneEnglish monarch(March 8, 1702 – May 1, 1707)British monarch(May 1, 1707 – August 1, 1714)Tuscarora War(1711–1715) Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Eastern North Carolina North Carolina South CarolinaApalacheeCatawbaCherokeeYamaseeTuscaroraCoreeCothechneyMachapungaMattamuskeetNeusiokPamlicoSenecaWeetockColonial Victory Tuscaroras migrate to New York and join the Iroquois Confederacy Native American enslavement began to decline, while African American enslavement began to increaseAnneEnglish monarch(March 8, 1702 – May 1, 1707)British monarch(May 1, 1707 – August 1, 1714)

George I(August 1, 1714 – June 11, 1727)Yamasee War(1715–1717)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: eastern Province of South Carolina Colonial militia of South Carolina Colonial militia of North Carolina Colonial militia of VirginiaCatawba (from 1715)Cherokee (from 1716)YamaseeOchese CreeksCatawba (until 1715)Cherokee (until 1716) WaxhawSanteeColonial Victory Power of the Yamasee broken South Carolina colonists establish uncontested control of the coast The Catawba become the dominant tribe in the interior Native American enslavement began to decline, while African American enslavement began to increaseGeorge I(August 1, 1714 – June 11, 1727)Battle of Cape Fear River (1718) Part of Piracy in the Caribbean and the Golden Age of PiracyLocation: Cape Fear River, North Carolina South Carolina PiratesColonial Victory Stede Bonnet's Pirate fleet captured Stede Bonnet later escaped, was recaptured, and executedGeorge I(August 1, 1714 – June 11, 1727)Battle of Ocracoke (1718) Part of Piracy in the Caribbean and the Golden Age of Piracy

Location: Ocracoke Island, Province of North Carolina PiratesColonial/British Victory Blackbeard is killed and beheaded ending his reign of terror on the British coloniesGeorge I(August 1, 1714 – June 11, 1727)Chickasaw Wars(1721–1763) Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: East Arkansas, West Tennessee and Northeast MississippiChickasawChoctawQuapawIllinois ConfederationColonial/Chickasaw Victory Chickasaw wage a series of successful guerrilla wars against their French and Native Allies Hostilities end between the Chickasaw following the end of the French and Indian War Chickasaw numbers greatly reducedGeorge I(August 1, 1714 – June 11, 1727)

George II(June 11, 1727 – October 25, 1760)

George III(October 25, 1760 – January 29, 1820)Dummer's War(1722–1725)

Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Northern New England and Nova Scotia New EnglandMohawk Wabanaki ConfederacyAbenakiPequawket Mi'kmaqMaliseetColonial Victory American Indian population reduced along the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers Western Maine came more strongly under British controlGeorge I(August 1, 1714 – June 11, 1727)Cresap's War(1730-1767) Location: Pennsylvania–Maryland border Colony of Pennsylvania Colony of MarylandInconclusive/Other Result Hostilities end in 1738 Mason-Dixon Line established Maryland and Pennsylvania borders established The cultural American North and South unofficially dividedGeorge II(June 11, 1727 – October 25, 1760)

George III(October 25, 1760 – January 29, 1820)Colonial British Incursion into Spanish Florida [Siege of St. Augustine (1740), Siege of Fort Mose](1740) Part of War of Jenkins' Ear and the Spanish AlarmProvince of Georgia SpainSpanish Victory Colonial/British forces repulsedGeorge II(June 11, 1727 – October 25, 1760)Invasion of Georgia (1742) Part of War of Jenkins' Ear and the Spanish Alarm

Location: St. Simons Island, Province of Georgia Province of Georgia

Native America allies SpainColonial/British Victory Spanish Invasion repulsed Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) recognised the status of Georgia as a British colonyGeorge II(June 11, 1727 – October 25, 1760)Battle of Galudoghson(1742) Location: Western Colony of Virginia Colony of Virginia Onondaga Oneida (both Iroquois)Inconclusive/Other Result Both sides withdraw Later treaty of LancasterGeorge II(June 11, 1727 – October 25, 1760)Brunswick Town raid(1748) Part of War of Jenkins' Ear and the Spanish Alarm Location: Brunswick Town, Province of North Carolina (Privateers)Colonial Victory Spanish Privateers and Booty captured Privateer survivors sold into slavery Brunswick Town became one of the richest towns in British North AmericaGeorge II(June 11, 1727 – October 25, 1760)King George's War (3rd Intercolonial War)(1744–1748)

Part of the War of Austrian Succession and the American Indian Wars

Location: North America British America Iroquois Confederacy Wabanaki ConfederacyInconclusive/Other Result Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Tensions near the end of the war set the ground work for Father Le Loutre's WarGeorge II(June 11, 1727 – October 25, 1760)Father Le Loutre's War(1749–1755) Part of the French and Indian War and the American Indian Wars

Location: Acadia and Nova Scotia British America Acadian militia Wabanakia Mi'kmaq militia Maliseet militiaColonial Victory The end of the war marks and overlap into the French and Indian War in its final year Total War begins in the French and Indian War Following the Battle of Fort Beauséjour the Expulsion of the Acadians beganGeorge II(June 11, 1727 – October 25, 1760)French and Indian War (4th Intercolonial War)(1754–1763) Part of the Seven Years' War, the Sixty Years' War, and the American Indian Wars

Location: North America British America Iroquois Confederacy Wyandot of Ohio CountryCatawbaCherokee Nation (before 1758)Mingo (briefly) Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Mi'kmaw militia AlgonquinLenapeOjibwaOttawaShawneeWyandot of Fort DetroitColonial Victory Treaty of Paris (1763) Royal Proclamation of 1763 (Recognition of Aboriginal title, Moratorium on Westward expansion into the Ohio Country, and Colonial subjects left disgruntled.) France cedes New France east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain, retaining Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and transfers Louisiana to Spain. The Expulsion of the Acadians is completed War doubled Great Britain's national debt gradually leading to increased regulation and taxation on Colonial British Subjects eventually contributing to the American RevolutionGeorge II(June 11, 1727 – October 25, 1760)

George III(October 25, 1760 – January 29, 1820)Anglo-Cherokee War(1758-1761) Part of the French and Indian War

Location: Province of North Carolina and Province of South Carolina Province of North Carolina Province of South CarolinaCherokeeColonial/British Victory Treaty of Long Island on the Holston 1761 Treaty of Charlestown 1761 Timberlake Expedition Timberlake's take 3 Cherokee delegates on a tour of London many colonists viewed this as favoritism to the Natives and with the Royal Proclamation of 1763 helped lead to colonial discontent that would help lead to the American RevolutionGeorge II(June 11, 1727 – October 25, 1760)

George III(October 25, 1760 – January 29, 1820)Pontiac's War(1763–1766) Part of the American Indian Wars and a continuation of the French and Indian War

Location: Great Lakes region of North AmericaProvince of Pennsylvania Province of Quebec including the Illinois Country Native American CoalitionGovernment of Canada. "In Defence of Their Homelands." Canada.ca, April 19, 2018. Link."Pontiac's War." Nations at War, 2020. https://nationsatwar.tv/conflicts/pontiacs-war/. Odawa Anishinaabek Potawatomi Anishinaabek Ojibwe Anishinaabek Mingo people Seneca people Wyandot people Miami people Kickapoo people Illinois peopleInconclusive/Other Result American Indians were not able to force out the British and the British were not able to conquer the American Indians Royal Proclamation of 1763 Indian Reserve (1763) establishedGeorge III(October 25, 1760 – January 29, 1820)War of the Regulation(1766–1771) Part of the Regulator Movement

Location: Central North Carolina North CarolinaRegulators Colonial Government Victory Rebellion crushed Survivors were either forced to sign loyalty oaths, had their houses burned, or fled to the West in exile This war was a predecessor to the American Revolution George III(October 25, 1760 – January 29, 1820)Lord Dunmore's War(1774) Part of the American Indian Wars

Location: Ohio Country Colony of VirginiaShawneesMingos Colonial Victory Treaty of Camp Charlotte Native Americans surrendered their hunting rights south of the Ohio the American Revolution reignited the war initiating the Cherokee-American warsGeorge III(October 25, 1760 – January 29, 1820)

List of 18th-century wars involving the Thirteen Colonies

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