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All The Way Back (2011 to 571) ended the French control of the peninsular portion of Nova Scotia. The British made several attempts to take Quebec but these efforts never even resulted in an attack on the city. A peace treaty was signed in 1713. Dummers’s War (1721 – 1725) was minor and resulted in a few battles between the French and the English in Maine. It started when the French became concerned with the colonists settling along the Kennebec River in Maine and began to raid them. The Colonists built Fort Dummer at what is today Brattleboro, Vermont. On 23 August 1724 a force of 80 men attacked the Indian settlement of Norridgewock and captured it. This had been the source of the raids against the Kennebec settlers. They killed seven Indian chiefs and the leader of the settlement. A peace treaty was signed in 1725. King George’s War (1744 – 1748) consisted of only one major action in North America. This was the siege of Louisburg on Cape Breton Island in 1745. It was a massive operation carried out by colonial forces. The siege was successful and the fortress fell. On 28 November 1745 the French and Indians raided Saratoga, New York and destroyed the settlement and either killed or captured more than 100 of its inhabitants. In 1748 the French attacked the settlement at Schenectady, New York. A peace treaty was signed in 1748. The French and Indian War (1754 – 1763) was the last of the French and Indian Wars. It was unique as it involved regular units of both the French and British armies engaged in combat in North America. These units were supported by local residents from Canada and the Colonials as well as various Indian tribes. One major action involving militia personnel was the Braddock Expedition against Fort Pitt in Pennsylvania. A force of British regulars, plus five companies of colonial militia proceeded towards Fort Pitt at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The force was ambushed on 9 July 1756 by the French and their Indian allies. General Braddock and most of the English officers were killed. George Washington took command of the force and was able to retreat to Cumberland, Maryland. There was also a raid in 1759 by Roger’s Rangers which destroyed the Indian village of Saint Frances in Quebec. It had been the source of many Indian raids on settlements in New England. The raid was made famous by the movie North West Passage starring Spencer Tracy and was based on the book by the same title written by Kenneth Roberts. All of the other main battles were fought in New York, Pennsylvania, St Briton Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and 126.