<P> Britain and France fought a series of four French and Indian Wars, followed with another war in 1778 when France joined the Americans in the American Revolution . The French settlers in New France were outnumbered 15--1 by the 13 American colonies, so the French relied heavily on Indian allies . </P> <P> The wars were long and bloody, causing immense suffering for everyone involved . In the long run, the Indians were the biggest losers; many were on the losing side, as Spain and France were defeated . When the British finally won full control, the Indian power was sharply limited . Frontier settlers were exposed to sudden Indian raids; many were killed or captured, and even more were forced back from the frontier . One profitable form of wartime activity in which colonists engaged was privateering--legalized piracy against enemy merchant ships . Another was hunting enemy Indians for the purpose of scalping them and claiming the cash bounty offered by colonial governments . </P> <P> King William's War (1689--97) (also known as the "Nine Years' War" and the "War of the League of Augsburg") was a phase of the larger Anglo - French conflict for colonial domination throughout the world . New France and the Wabanaki Confederacy were able to thwart New England expansion into Acadia by raiding settlements south of present - day Maine, whose border New France defined as the Kennebec River in southern Maine . </P> <P> Sir William Phips moved with his New England militia in 1690 to take the French strongholds at Port Royal and at Quebec, the latter commanded by Comte de Frontenac, the governor of New France . Phips conquered the capital of Acadia and various other communities in the colony (e.g., Battle of Chedabucto). (Present - day Maine and New Brunswick remained contested territories between New England and New France .) Phips's written ultimatum demanding Fontenac's surrender at Quebec prompted Frontenac to say that his reply would come only "from the mouths of my cannon and muskets ." </P>

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