| English Wars, 1650–1750 | |||
| War | Date | Purpose | Result |
| Anglo-Dutch | 1652–1654 | Control markets and African slave trade | Stalemate |
| Anglo-Dutch | 1664 | Markets; conquest | England takes New Amsterdam |
| Anglo-Dutch | 1673 | Commercial markets | England makes maritime gains |
| King William’s | 1689–1697 | Maintain European balance of power | Stalemate in North America |
| Queen Anne’s | 1702–1713 | Maintain European balance of power | British acquire Hudson Bay and Nova Scotia |
| Jenkins’s Ear | 1739–1741 | Expand markets in Spanish America | English merchants expand influence |
| King George’s | 1740–1748 | Maintain European balance of power | Capture and return of Louisbourg |