Colonial American Troops 1610–1774 (1)

Download or read book Colonial American Troops 1610–1774 (1) written by René Chartrand and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2002-04-25 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest English settlements the survival of the infant colonies in North America depended upon local militias. Throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries the burden of successive wars with the American Indians, and with the regular troops and militias of Britain's colonial rivals France and Spain, fell mainly upon locally raised volunteers. This first of a fascinating three-part study includes a general introduction and chronology, and chapters on Crown troops in North America; and begins a colony-by-colony review of militias and provincial units. The text is illustrated with rare early images and with eight specially commissioned full colour plates.