The European Invasion of North America

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.From Champlain and Hudson's initial voyages some 400 years ago, to the surrender of Montreal in 1760, The European Invasion of North America: Colonial Conflict Along the Hudson - Champlain Corridor, 1609-1760 offers unprecedented coverage of the 150-year struggle between New World rivals along this natural invasion route-a struggle which would ultimately determine the destiny of North America.Unlike other volumes on this period, The European Invasion of North America includes extensive coverage from the French and Dutch as well as British perspectives, examining events in the context of larger colonial confrontations. Drawing on hundreds of firsthand accounts, it recaps political maneuvers and blunders, military successes and failures, and the remarkable people behind them all: cabinet ministers in Paris, Amsterdam, and London; colonial leaders such as Stuyvesant, Frontenac, and Montcalm; shrewd diplomats of the Iroquois Confederacy; and soldiers and families on all sides of the conflict. It also highlights the growing friction between Britain and her American colonies, which would soon lead to a different war.

Acknowledgments1. The First Volley2. The Long Storm3. The King's Men4. Courcelle's Folly5. The Mohawks at Bay6. The New Netherlands7. Toil, Turmoil, and Defeat8. New York9. The Burning of Schenectady10. To the Gates of Montreal11. The Mohawk Expedition12. Queen Anne's War13. A Chain of Forts14. The Scourge of Scalp Point15. Stalemate and Skirmish16. "A Most Favorable Opportunity"17. The Bloody Morning Scout18. The Battle of Lake George19. No Advance, No Retreat20. Fort Vaudreuil21. "Our Wisdom Is Be Come Folly, Our Councils Confusion"22. The Partisan War23. Rigaud's Expedition24. Fort William Henry25 Siege26. "Relief Is Greatly Wanted"27. Tainted Victory28. The French Zenith29. "An Irruption into Canada"30. An Impossible Task31. "Never (a) Ball Had a More Deadly Direction"32. The Heights of Carillon33. The Battle of Ticonderoga34. Mr. Nabbercromby's Army35. Amherst36. A Reversal of Fortune37. Iron Men and Wooden Ships38. "The Total Reduction of Canada"39. The Old Invasion RouteAppendix A: Maps of the Hudson-Champlain CorridorAppendix B: French and English Casualty Returns for the Battles of Lake George and TiconderogaAppendix C: Warships on Lake George and Lake Champlain, 1742-1760NotesSourcesBibliographyIndex