Prologue: It is December in 1682 -- They went by water -- Fleur-de-lis on the St. Lawrence -- First clashes -- Frontiers red with blood -- Indians, rum, and beaver -- The land of Evnageline --They ...

LIGONIER, PENNSYLVANIA—On November 12, 1758, George Washington, then a colonel in the British army, faced imminent peril. Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had ...

Feb. 10 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain and also the French and Indian War, with France ceding Quebec to Great ...

The American Revolution was a defining moment in the history of Pennsylvania. Neighbor turned against neighbor amidst a desperate civil war in colonial America. Indigenous societies were uprooted from ...

Introduction: The war that won a continent -- Colliding empires (1748-1756) -- 1. The bells of Aix-la-Chapelle -- 2. Beautiful Ohio -- Albany, 1754 -- Braddock's ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Citadel history professor David Preston discussed the impact that the French and Indian War had on the American colonies. The event was part of a ...

George J. Bryjak’s book, “A Nation Born, A Homeland Lost: Native Americans And The Revolutionary War Era,” was awarded a Silver Medal in the history category by the Military Writers Society of America ...