North American Wars

The First Anglo-Powhatan War was fought between Jamestown and the Powhatan Confederacy in the area known to the Powhatans as Tsenacomoco and Virginia to the colonists. The war was a series of skirmishes that ended with the “Peace of Pocahontas.” It is considered to be the first Anglo-Indian War in North America and essentially ended in a draw.

The Second Anglo-Powhatan War was fought between Jamestown and the Powhatan Confederacy in the area known to the Powhatans as Tsenacomoco and Virginia to the colonists. The war ended in 1632 with a peace treaty that gave the colonists control of the peninsula between the James River and the York River.

The Third Anglo-Powhatan War was fought between Jamestown and the Powhatan Confederacy in the area known to the Powhatans as Tsenacomoco and Virginia to the colonists. Virginia won the war and brought an end to the once-powerful Powhatan Confederacy.

The French and Indian War was the North American portion of the Seven Years' War. Here are key facts and important details about the final military contest between Great Britain and France, which determined who controlled most of eastern North America.

The French and Indian War was the fourth and final major conflict between Great Britain and France for control of North America. Britain won the war, which established its supremacy from the East Coast to the Mississippi River. The outcome contributed to events that helped set the American Revolution in motion, including Pontiac’s Rebellion, the Proclamation of 1763, and Britain’s decision to maintain a standing army in America.

The War of Jenkins’ Ear was fought between Great Britain and Spain from 1739 to 1748. Most of the battles were fought in the Caribbean, but it carried over to America, where Georgia and Florida clashed over disputed territory.

Lasting from April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848, the Mexican-American War polarized sectional differences over the extension of slavery in the United States, and it served as a training ground for numerous general officers who fought on both sides during the American Civil War.

Pontiac's Rebellion — or Pontiac's War — was an uprising of Native American Indian tribes against British forts in the Ohio Country and Great Lakes region after the French and Indian War. The war led to the Proclamation of 1763 and the establishment of a standing army in the American Colonies, two causes of the American Revolution.