The first way of war's origins in Colonial America -- The first way of war in the North American Wars of King George II, 1739-1755 -- Continential and British Petite Guerre, circa 1750 -- The first way of war in the seven years' war, 1754-1763 -- The first way of war in the era of the American Revolution -- The first way of war in the 1790s -- The first way of war and the final conquest of the Transappalachian West.