Admin: Scope of "American Colonial Era" Subforum

[Lance Williams]

What is the scope of this subforum?

Short version: Covers North America after the initial phase of discovery and European colonization from 1660 to 1763 Treaty of Paris.

Includes the colonial history of the Thirteen Colonies, New France, New Netherlands, New Spain, New Sweden and the rivalries between their parent nations in the New World.

This is where you'd find the later fur trade, King Philips War, King George's War and the French and Indian War