{"slug": "queen-anne-s-war", "label": "Queen Anne's War", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_War", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q869045", "qid": "Q869045", "description": "North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession", "entries": 12, "years": 7, "span": [1701, 1713], "span_label": ["1701 CE", "1713 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "north-america", "label": "North America", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "europe", "label": "Europe", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "war-of-the-spanish-succession", "label": "War of the Spanish Succession", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "quebec-city", "label": "Quebec City", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "st-lawrence-river", "label": "St. Lawrence River", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "new-england", "label": "New England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "acadia", "label": "Acadia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nova-scotia", "label": "Nova Scotia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "native-americans-in-the-united-states", "label": "Native Americans in the United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "st-augustine-florida", "label": "St. Augustine, Florida", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1701, "year_label": "1701 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "War of the Spanish Succession begins in Europe; spreads to North America (Queen Anne's War) in 1702.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349952198#Full_date_unknown", "title": "1701 in Canada", "revid": 1349952198, "section": "Events › Full date unknown"}}, {"year": 1702, "year_label": "1702 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Having begun in Europe in 1701, the War of the Spanish Succession spreads to North America (Queen Anne's War) in Acadia and New England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364923385#Events", "title": "1702 in Canada", "revid": 1364923385, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1702, "year_label": "1702 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 10", "text": "November 10 – Queen Anne's War in North America: The Siege of St. Augustine opens as English forces besiege St. Augustine, Spanish Florida.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362986314#October–December", "title": "1702", "revid": 1362986314, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1702, "year_label": "1702 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 30", "text": "December 30 – Queen Anne's War: The Siege of St. Augustine in Spanish Florida is lifted.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362986314#October–December", "title": "1702", "revid": 1362986314, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1703, "year_label": "1703 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – The Recruiting Act 1703 goes into effect in England, providing for the forcible enlistment of able-bodied but unemployed men into the English Army and Royal Navy in order to fight in Queen Anne's War in North America. 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The Act expires at the end of February 1704.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737862#Events", "title": "1703 in England", "revid": 1353737862, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1704, "year_label": "1704 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 29", "text": "February 29 – Raid on Deerfield (Queen Anne's War): French Canadians and Native Americans sack Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing over 50 English colonists.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358992532#January–March", "title": "1704", "revid": 1358992532, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1710, "year_label": "1710 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – Queen Anne's War – Siege of Port Royal: The French surrender, giving the British permanent possession of Nova Scotia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358049105#October–December", "title": "1710", "revid": 1358049105, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1711, "year_label": "1711 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – The Quebec Expedition, a British attempt to attack Quebec as part of Queen Anne's War, fails when 8 of its ships are wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River and 890 people, mostly soldiers, drown.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364260988#July–September", "title": "1711", "revid": 1364260988, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1711, "year_label": "1711 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 22", "text": "22 August – the Quebec Expedition, a British attempt to attack the city of Quebec as part of Queen Anne's War, fails when 8 of its ships are wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River and 850 soldiers drown, one of the worst disasters in British history up to this date.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835709#Events", "title": "1711 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835709, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1713, "year_label": "1713 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Treaty of Utrecht ends Queen Anne's War, confirming British possession of Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and Acadia (except Île-Royale Cape Breton Island). France starts building Fortress Louisbourg near the eastern tip of Île-Royale.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349952571#Events", "title": "1713 in Canada", "revid": 1349952571, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1713, "year_label": "1713 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 13", "text": "July 13 – The Treaty of Portsmouth brings an end to Queen Anne's War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360271134#July–September", "title": "1713", "revid": 1360271134, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}