Person1727 – 1759
James Wolfe
British general who won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 and took Quebec, but was killed in the battle
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A war in North America between Britain and France over the Ohio valley, with most native peoples on the French side. Britain won, taking Canada and the lands east of the Mississippi.
People who appear alongside
- Louis-Joseph de Montcalm1712 – 1759
Commander of the French forces in New France, defeated on the Plains of Abraham and died the next day
Themes this person appears in
- Islamic Empires and the Atlantic World1500 – 1800
Three centuries in which the Ottomans of Suleiman I, the Mughals of Akbar and the Safavids of Abbas I flourished and then faltered, while across the Atlantic the slave trade and colonies transformed the Americas, leading to American independence