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Series: Native Americans of the Northeast. Chet challenges the idea of a American style of war by pointing out that while early settlers in the 1600's were able to sometimes defeat large groups of natives and "intimidate them into submission through extreme violence" this was generally not the case (pg 20). This was in part due to Colonial militaries being undermanned and poorly trained. When colonial militaries were used offensively against natives they could be easily ambushed or flanked.

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As Guy Chet convincingly proves in Conquering the. American Wilderness: e Triumph of European Warfare. in the Colonial Northeast, however, there is no strong ev-. idence whatsoever to back up such a claim. in the Colonial Northeast. Prior to 1755, British-American colonial forces and American Indians (hereinafter Indians) predominantly conducted the military campaigns in the North American theatre of European conflicts. From 1755 to 1815, however, the British Army itself became heavily engaged and had to consider its use of Indians as allies or auxiliaries.

As Guy Chet convincingly proves in Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of. .

As Guy Chet convincingly proves in Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast, however, there is no strong evidence whatsoever to back up such a claim. It does not deal with Native Americans, atrocities, or colonial forces other than the British in any detail, and therefore cannot be considered any sort of military overview of either the Atlantic World or the colonial era.

Conquering The American Wilderness book. As Guy Chet reveals, clashes between colonial and Indian forces during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries did not lead to a reevaluation and transformation of conventional military doctrine. On the contrary, the poor performance of the settlers during King Philip's War (1675-76) and King William's War (1689-1697) prompted colonial magistrates to address the shortcomings of their military forces through a greater reliance on British troops and imperial administrators.

Home Browse Books Book details, Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph. Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast. A study of military tactics and strategy before the War of Independence, this work re-examines the conquest of the North American wilderness and its native peoples by colonial settlers. It argues that the colonies' military and political leadership looked to Europe for guidance in art of combat.

Guy Chet is associate professor of history at the University of North Texas and author of The Ocean Is a Wilderness: Atlantic Piracy and the Limits of State Authority, 1688-1856 (University of Massachusetts Press, 2014). Библиографические данные. Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in Colonial Northeast, Guy Chet Native Americans of the Northeast.

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Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2003. Chet assails the military incompetence of English colonials between 1675 and 1755. Defensive lethargy" (p. 95) amid expansion created frontiers without adequate fortification, trained forces, or supplies. Chet measures success in European terms, as taking or holding places; he considers the Indians as recklessly offensive, and does not appreciate the place in Indian logistics of captives, or looted cattle, grain, and supplies.

indigenous peoples of Canada and United States. Warfare was not unknown in the region, but neither was it endemic The Northeast Indians began to interact regularly with Europeans in the first part of the 16th century. Warfare was not unknown in the region, but neither was it endemic. The indigenous peoples of present-day Florida treated de Soto and his men warily because the Europeans who had visited the region previously had often, but not consistently, proved violent. The Northeast Indians began to interact regularly with Europeans in the first part of the 16th century. Most of the visitors were French or English, and they were initially more interested in cartography and trade than in physical conquest.

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