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Index
Title Page
Dedication
Praise
Illustrations
Maps
Introduction - THE SEVEN YEARS’, WAR AND THE DISRUPTION OF THE OLD BRITISH EMPIRE
PROLOGUE - JUMONVILLE’S GLEN
PART I - THE ORIGINS OF THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR
CHAPTER 1 - Iroquoia and Empire
1450-1735
CHAPTER 2 - The Erosion of Iroquois Influence
1736-1754
CHAPTER 3 - London Moves to Counter a Threat
1753
CHAPTER 4 - Washington Steps onto the Stage . . .
1753-1754
CHAPTER 5 - . . . And Stumbles
1754
CHAPTER 6 - Escalation
1754
PART II - DEFEAT
CHAPTER 7 - The Albany Congress and Colonial Disunion
1754
CHAPTER 8 - General Braddock Takes Command
1755
CHAPTER 9 - Disaster on the Monongahela
1755
CHAPTER 10 - After Braddock WILLIAM SHIRLEY AND THE NORTHERN CAMPAIGNS
1755
CHAPTER 11 - British Politics, and a Revolution in European Diplomacy
1755
PART III - NADIR
CHAPTER 12 - Lord Loudoun Takes Command
1756
CHAPTER 13 - Oswego
1756
CHAPTER 14 - The State of the Central Colonies
1756
CHAPTER 15 - The Strains of Empire CAUSES OF ANGLO-AMERICAN FRICTION
1756
CHAPTER 16 - Britain Drifts into a European War
1756
CHAPTER 17 - The Fortunes of War in Europe
1757
CHAPTER 18 - Loudoun’s Offensive
1757
CHAPTER 19 - Fort William Henry
1757
CHAPTER 20 - Other Disasters, and a Ray of Hope
1757
CHAPTER 21 - Pitt Changes Course
DECEMBER 1757
PART IV - TURNING POINT
CHAPTER 22 - Deadlock, and a New Beginning
JANUARY-MAY 1758
CHAPTER 23 - Old Strategies, New Men, and a Shift in the Balance
EARLY 1758
CHAPTER 24 - Montcalm Raises a Cross THE BATTLE OF TICONDEROGA
JULY 1758
CHAPTER 25 - Amherst at Louisbourg
JUNE-JULY 1758
CHAPTER 26 - Supply Holds the Key
1758
CHAPTER 27 - Bradstreet at Fort Frontenac
JULY-AUGUST 1758
CHAPTER 28 - Indian Diplomacy and the Fall of Fort Duquesne
AUTUMN 1758
CHAPTER 29 - Educations in Arms
1754-1758
PART V - ANNUS MIRABILIS
CHAPTER 30 - Success, Anxiety, and Power THE ASCENT OF WILLIAM PITT
LATE 1758
CHAPTER 31 - Ministerial Uncertainties
1759
CHAPTER 32 - Surfeit of Enthusiasm, Shortage of Resources
1759
CHAPTER 33 - Emblem of Empire FORT PITT AND THE INDIANS
1759
CHAPTER 34 - The Six Nations Join the Fight THE SIEGE OF NIAGARA
JULY 1759
CHAPTER 35 - General Amherst Hesitates TICONDEROGA AND CROWN POINT
JULY-AUGUST 1759
CHAPTER 36 - Dubious Battle WOLFE MEETS MONTCALM AT QUÉBEC
JUNE-SEPTEMBER 1759
CHAPTER 37 - Fall’s Frustrations
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1759
CHAPTER 38 - Celebrations of Empire, Expectations of the Millennium
OCTOBER 1759
CHAPTER 39 - Day of Decision QUIBERON BAY
NOVEMBER 20, 1759
PART VI - CONQUEST COMPLETED
CHAPTER 40 - War in Full Career
1760
CHAPTER 41 - The Insufficiency of Valor LÉVIS AND VAUQUELIN AT QUÉBEC
APRIL-MAY 1760
CHAPTER 42 - Murray Ascends the St. Lawrence
JULY-AUGUST 1760
CHAPTER 43 - Conquest Completed VAUDREUIL SURRENDERS AT MONTRÉAL
AUGUST 1760
CHAPTER 44 - The Causes of Victory and the Experience of Empire
1758-1760
CHAPTER 45 - Pitt Confronts an Unexpected Challenge
OCTOBER 1760
VICTORY RECOLLECTED - Scenographia Americana
PART VII - VEXED VICTORY
CHAPTER 46 - The Fruits of Victory and the Seeds of Disintegration
1761-1763
CHAPTER 47 - The Cherokee War and Amherst’s Reforms in Indian Policy
1760-1761
CHAPTER 48 - Amherst’s Dilemma
1761
CHAPTER 49 - Pitt’s Problems
1761
CHAPTER 50 - The End of an Alliance
1762
CHAPTER 51 - The Intersections of Empire, Trade, and War HAVANA
AUGUST 1762
CHAPTER 52 - Peace
SEPTEMBER 1762-APRIL 1763
CHAPTER 53 - The Rise of Wilkes, the Fall of Bute, and the Unheeded Lesson of Manila
SPRING 1763
CHAPTER 54 - Anglo-America at War’s End THE FRAGILITY OF EMPIRE
1761-1763
CHAPTER 55 - Yankees Invade Wyoming— and Pay the Price
SPRING 1763
CHAPTER 56 - Amherst’s Reforms and Pontiac’s War
1763
CHAPTER 57 - Amherst’s Recall
AUTUMN 1763
PART VIII - CRISIS AND REFORM
CHAPTER 58 - Death Reshuffles a Ministry
1763
CHAPTER 59 - An Urgent Search for Order GRENVILLE AND HALIFAX CONFRONT THE NEED FOR REVENUE AND CONTROL
SUMMER-AUTUMN 1763
CHAPTER 60 - The American Duties Act (THE SUGAR ACT)
1764
CHAPTER 61 - The Currency Act
1764
CHAPTER 62 - Postwar Conditions and the Context of Colonial Response
1764
CHAPTER 63 - An Ambiguous Response to Imperial Initiatives
1764
CHAPTER 64 - Pontiac’s Progress
1764-1765
CHAPTER 65 - The Lessons of Pontiac’s War
1764-1769
PART IX - CRISIS COMPOUNDED
CHAPTER 66 - Stamp Act and Quartering Act
WINTER-SPRING 1765
CHAPTER 67 - Grenville’s End
MAY-JULY 1765
CHAPTER 68 - The Assemblies Vacillate
SUMMER 1765
CHAPTER 69 - Mobs Respond
SUMMER 1765
CHAPTER 70 - Nullification by Violence, and an Elite Effort to Reassert Control
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1765
PART X - EMPIRE PRESERVED?
CHAPTER 71 - The Repeal of the Stamp Act
JANUARY-MARCH 1766
CHAPTER 72 - The Hollowness of Empire
1766
CHAPTER 73 - Acrimonious Postlude THE COLONIES AFTER REPEAL
1766
CHAPTER 74 - The Future of Empire
1766-1767
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Author
ALSO BY FRED ANDERSON
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