Queen Anne's War

noun

1. the war (1702–13) in which England and its American colonies opposed France and its Indian allies. It constituted the American phase of the War of the Spanish Succession.

Queen Anne's War

noun

1. those conflicts (1702–13) of the War of the Spanish Succession that were fought in North America

Example Sentences

The Tarbells—who as children had been captured at Groton, Connecticut, in Queen Anne's War, and afterwards became too thoroughly identified with the Caughnawagas to return to their Puritan relatives when the opportunity offered—headed this party sent westward from the Sault to form a new settlement.

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He was active in raising volunteers for the so-called Queen Anne’s War, and in 1707 sent a fruitless expedition against Port Royal.

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They are known in history as King William’s war, Queen Anne’s war, Lovewell’s or Dummer’s war and King George’s war.

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Unlike Queen Anne's War, King George's War seemed to stimulate tobacco prices and they remained relatively good for a number of years after the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748.

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The outbreak of Queen Anne's War and another 18,000,000 pound crop ushered in another depression.

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