Question

What did King William's War, and attack by Great Lakes and Canadian French forces on villages in New England and New York in the late seventeenth century, demonstrate to the American colonists?

Answer 1

Answer:

King William's War demonstrated to the American colonists the value and importance of English military protection from hostile neghbors.

Explanation:

King William's War, named after the English King William III of Orange, was the first of the four so-called French and Indian wars in North America. The fighting broke out after the start of the Nine Years' War between the Kingdom of France and the Great Alliance in 1689. In New England, the English tried in vain to conquer Quebec, while the French attacked the coastal areas occupied by England. The war ended with the Peace of Rijswijk in 1697, but only five years later the war of Queen Anna broke out.

This conflict showed to the American colonists the importance of the English military presence in the colonies, due to the fragility that these had in front of the military power of the French of New France and the Native Americans. Therefore, from this war until the French and Indian War, the British presence in America was seen as necessary and supported by many American settlers.