Between 1689 and 1763, England and France fought four wars for dominance in the New World. The wars are known collectively in English
history as the French and Indian Wars. In American history, the French
and Indian War name applies to the last of the four wars, fought from
1754 to 1763.
The third of the French and Indian Wars was King George’s War
(1744–48), named for King George II (1683–1760). From Europe’s perspective, King George’s War was just the New World theater for a larger
war being fought in Europe called the War of the Austrian Succession.
The conflict was also an escalation of war between England and Spain in
the New World, which had begun in 1739. When France entered the
war, it fought alongside Spain.
In King George’s War, as in all of the French and Indian Wars,
Native American tribes fought either for France or England. Sir William
Johnson (1715–1774) served as superintendent of the Iroquois for
England and worked to bring the Mohawk tribe onto Britain’s side.
King George’s War ended with a peace treaty in 1748 that restored
colonial borders to where they had been prior to the war.