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Wars & Battles

Periods of War  during the packet era:

1689 - 1697  Grand Alliance

1701 - 1713  Spanish Succession

1739 - 1748  War of Austrian Succession

1755 - 1762  Seven Years War

1775 - 1782  War of American Independence (Spain & France allied in 1778)

1793 - 1815  Napoleonic war with France

1812 - 1815  United States joined in Napoleonic war & Ratification of Peace - signed 1815.

North America:

1755      June 16.  Fort Beausejour Captured

     The first land battle between England and France for control of North America -

     qf: "History of Nova Scotia, Before Dec 1829"