Foreword

Chronology of events

Introduction

Ch. 1: The European invasion of America

The opening clashes

Struggle on the Chesapeake

Conflict in New England

Conflict in the middle colonies

The final round

Ch. 2: The European struggle for America: round one

The origins of international conflict

An indecisive war

Queen Anne's War: phase one, 1701-1708

One success, one failure: the end of Queen Anne's War

Ch. 3: The struggle for America resumes

Bloody frontiers: New England

Bloody frontiers: the South

The War of Jenkins' Ear

Ch. 4: War in eighteenth-century America

Changing views of war

The technology of war

American soldiers and armies

King George's War

Ch. 5: The Anglo-American triumph

Origins of the French and Indian War

An undeclared war

War is declared

New leadership, mixed results

Anglo-American victory

Conclusion: Significance of America's early wars.