Bradstreet, John, c.1711–1774, British officer in the French and Indian Wars French and Indian Wars, 1689–1763, the name given by American historians to the North American colonial wars between Great Britain and France in the late 17th and the 18th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . A Nova Scotian, he was captured (1744) by the French and confined at Louisburg Louisburg (l
`ĭsbərg'), town (1991 pop. 1,261), E Cape Breton Island, N.
..... Click the link for more information. . After his exchange he described the weaknesses of the fortress, and in 1745 Sir William Pepperrell captured the stronghold. For his services in the expedition, Bradstreet was promoted to the rank of captain and made lieutenant governor of St. John's, Newfoundland, a post he held permanently. He led (1758) the successful expedition against Fort Frontenac, thereby cutting communications between the French forces in Canada and those on the Ohio River. Later he served (1759) under Lord Amherst Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron (ăm`ərst), 1717–97, British army officer.
..... Click the link for more information. at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. In Pontiac's Rebellion Pontiac's Rebellion, Pontiac's Conspiracy, or Pontiac's War, 1763–66, Native American uprising against the British just after the close of the French and Indian Wars , so called after one of its leaders, Pontiac .
..... Click the link for more information. , Bradstreet commanded the forces that garrisoned (1764) Detroit and other Western posts.
..... Click the link for more information. . A Nova Scotian, he was captured (1744) by the French and confined at Louisburg Louisburg (l
`ĭsbərg'), town (1991 pop. 1,261), E Cape Breton Island, N...... Click the link for more information. . After his exchange he described the weaknesses of the fortress, and in 1745 Sir William Pepperrell captured the stronghold. For his services in the expedition, Bradstreet was promoted to the rank of captain and made lieutenant governor of St. John's, Newfoundland, a post he held permanently. He led (1758) the successful expedition against Fort Frontenac, thereby cutting communications between the French forces in Canada and those on the Ohio River. Later he served (1759) under Lord Amherst Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron (ăm`ərst), 1717–97, British army officer.
..... Click the link for more information. at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. In Pontiac's Rebellion Pontiac's Rebellion, Pontiac's Conspiracy, or Pontiac's War, 1763–66, Native American uprising against the British just after the close of the French and Indian Wars , so called after one of its leaders, Pontiac .
..... Click the link for more information. , Bradstreet commanded the forces that garrisoned (1764) Detroit and other Western posts.
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