The Battle of Lake George, comprising three …
Years: 1755 - 1755
September
The Battle of Lake George, comprising three parts, eventually ends in a British victory.
Johnson's expedition eventually stops short of Fort St. Frédéric and the strategic result at Lake George is significant.
Johnson is able to advance a considerable distance down the lake and consolidates his gains by building Fort William Henry at its southern end.
Johnson's expedition eventually stops short of Fort St. Frédéric and the strategic result at Lake George is significant.
Johnson is able to advance a considerable distance down the lake and consolidates his gains by building Fort William Henry at its southern end.
Locations
People
- Edward Cornwallis
- George II of Great Britain
- Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre
- Louis XV of France
- William Johnson, 1st Baronet
Groups
- Iroquois (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations)
- Maliseet, or Wolastoqiyik, people (Amerind tribe)
- Abenaki people (Amerind tribe)
- Mi'kmaq people (Amerind tribe)
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Mohawk people (Amerind tribe)
- Wabanaki Confederacy
- Passamaquoddy (Amerind tribe)
- New France (French Colony)
- Anglicans (Episcopal Church of England)
- Puritans
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- New York, Province of (English Colony)
- Massachusetts, Province of (English Crown Colony)
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- Nova Scotia (British Colony)
Topics
- Colonization of the Americas, French
- Colonization of the Americas, British
- Father Le Loutre's War
- French and Indian War
- Lake George, Battle of
