The European invasion of North America
Subtitle: colonial conflict along the Hudson-Champlain corridor, 1609-1760
By: Michael G. Laramie
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313397370; 9780313397387
Subjects: Colonies; Iroquois Indians; Indians of North America; History
Description: "This comprehensive resource follows the pivotal and often overlooked efforts of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Dutch, the French, and the English colonies to control the strategic waterways of the Hudson-Champlain corridor from their discovery to the fall of New France"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The first volley; title: The long storm; title: The king's men; title: Courcelle's folly; title: The Mohawks at bay; title: The New Netherlands; title: Toil, turmoil, and defeat; title: New York; title: The burning of Schenectady; title: To the gates of Montreal; title: The Mohawk expedition; title: Queen Anne's War; title: A chain of forts; title: The scourge of scalp point; title: Stalemate and skirmish; title: 'A most favorable opportunity'; title: The bloody morning scout; title: The Battle of Lake George; title: No advance : no retreat; title: Fort Vaudreuil; title: 'Our wisdom is be come folly, our councils confusion'; title: The partisan war; title: Rigaud's expedition; title: Fort William Henry; title: Siege; title: 'Relief is greatly wanted'; title: Tainted victory; title: The French zenith; title: 'An irruption into Canada'; title: An impossible task; title: 'Never (a) ball had a more deadly direction'; title: The Heights of Carillon; title: The Battle of Ticonderoga; title: Mr. Nabbercromby's army; title: Amherst; title: A reversal of fortune; title: Iron men and wooden ships; title: 'The total reduction of Canada'; title: The old invasion route.