Spending Christmas with Washington, December 25-26, 1776

Spending Christmas with Washington, December 25-26, 1776

As their colonies became more stable, the conflict between England, France and Spain intensified. In the 75 years from 1689 to 1763, the main European competitors engaged in a series of sporadic struggles over their imperial rivalries in Europe and colonial claims in the New World that eventually expanded to other parts of the globe. The North American colonists of all three opponents were a part of these conflicts, along with their native allie…