Colonial conflicts (17th century – 1867) The following were conflicts that occurred in present-day Canada from the 17th century CE to the mid-19th century, prior to
Canadian Confederation. Belligerents in these conflicts typically involved colonies in Canada (e.g.
New France,
the Canadas), and/or First Nations groups residing in the region. }
United Kingdom British North America First French Empire:
Kingdom of France New France:
Kingdom of Spain Council of the Indies Viceroyalty of New Spain Dutch Empire:
New Netherland Russian America Union Indigenous North Americans Indigenous North Americans:
American Indians, including the tribes:
Cherokee,
Creek (Muscogee),
Lakota,
Miami,
Shawnee,
Seminole,
Wampanoag,
Northwestern Confederacy and
Tecumseh's ConfederacyComancheAlaska Natives • Sovereignty of various combatants extended or lost •
Massive indigenous population decline •
Deportation and
forced assimilation of indigenous tribes • Many treaties, truces, and armistices made and broken by combatants •
Indian reservations established in the United States •
Iroquois League •
Mohawks •
Oneida •
Seneca •
Onondaga •
Cayuga Supported by:
Dutch Republic •
Wendat (Huron) •
Algonquin •
Susquehannock •
Erie •
Neutral •
Petun •
Odawa •
Ojibwe •
Wenro •
Mahican •
Innu •
Abenaki •
Supported by: • •
Great Peace of Montreal •
Huron-Wendat Confederacy (1635–1654)
St. John AdministrationSupported by: •
Massachusetts Bay Colony Port Royal AdministrationSupported by: •
Catholic Church • La Tour expelled by d'Aulnay • La Tour later marries d'Aulnay's widow
Jeanne Motin & resumes Governorship •
Treaty of Breda •
Dutch Republic cedes
New Amsterdam to
England • England cedes
English Guiana,
Fort Amsterdam, Ghana, and
Run to the Dutch Republic •
WabanakiaAlgonquinKahnawake •
New England •
New York IroquoiaMohicans •
Status quo ante bellum •
Spain loyal to Philip V •
New Spain (before 1707) •
English America (after 1707) •
British America ----
Iroquois Confederacy •
Peace of Utrecht •
Treaty of Portsmouth • France cedes to Britain the control of
Acadia, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, and
Saint Kitts New EnglandMohawk Wabanaki ConfederacyAbenakiPequawket Mi'kmaqMaliseet '''Dummer's Treaty (preliminary 1725, final 1727)''' •
Wabanaki Confederacy •
British America Iroquois Confederacy •
Status quo ante bellum • •
Acadian militia •
Wabanakia •
Mi'kmaq militia •
Maliseet militia •
British America 1754–17631763–1766Warriors from numerous
American Indian tribes ----
1775–1782 Loyalists ----
1785–1795Northwestern Confederacy Province of Quebec (until 1791)
Lower Canada (1791–1795) ----
1812–1815Tecumseh's ConfederacySix Nations 1754–1763 British America ---- Various Native tribes ----
1775–1782 ----
1785–1795 Chickasaw Choctaw ----
1812–1815 ChoctawCherokeeChickasawSeneca • •
New France •
Louisiana •
Canada • Pro-French Native Americans • •
British America •
New England Colonies •
Province of New Hampshire •
Province of Massachusetts Bay •
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations •
Connecticut Colony •
Middle Colonies •
Province of New York •
Province of New Jersey •
Province of Pennsylvania •
Delaware Colony •
Southern Colonies •
Province of Maryland •
Colony of Virginia •
Province of North Carolina •
Province of South Carolina •
Province of Georgia • Pro-British Native Americans • France cedes
New France east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain, retaining
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and transfers
Louisiana to
Spain. • France cedes its North American possessions east of the
Mississippi River, along with the colonies of
Canada,
St Vincent,
Tobago,
Dominica,
Grenada, and
Northern Circars to
Britain • France cedes
Louisiana and its North American territory west of the Mississippi River to Spain •
Spain cedes
Florida to Britain, in exchange for the return of
Havana and
Manila British Empire Native American Coalition •
Odawa Anishinaabek •
Potawatomi Anishinaabek •
Ojibwe Anishinaabek •
Mingo people •
Seneca people •
Wyandot people •
Miami people •
Kickapoo people •
Illinois people •
Quapaw people Historically known as Arkansas • Portage around
Niagara Falls ceded by
Senecas to the British ----
Combatants Patriots: (1775)
United Colonies (1775–1776) ----
Combatants{{Unbulleted list • Anglo-American
status quo ante bellum •
West Florida remained under Spanish control, although its position was weakened •
Mobile comes under American control •
Tecumseh's confederacy dissolved
North West Company Hudson's Bay Company Red River Colony NWC and HBC merge Château Clique ----
Family Compact Patriotes Republic of Lower Canada ----
Reform movement Republic of CanadaHunters' Lodges •
Patriote rebellion crushed by loyalist forces; Republic of Canada dismantled • Defeat of
Hunters' Lodges • Unification of Upper and Lower Canada into the
Province of Canada •
Colony of Vancouver Island •
Washington Territory • A
bloodless war (1859) — San Juan Islands awarded to the United States following third-party arbitration by the
German Empire (1871).
Canada (1867–present) The following table lists conflicts involving Canada since
confederation in 1867. Since that time there have been 26 conflicts with 2 of them currently ongoing: ==See also==