Naming conflicts after the British monarch of the day is a convention in United States history related to its early European settlement as majority-English colonies. Canadian convention uses the name of the larger European conflict (e.g., the "War of the Grand Alliance" rather than "King William's War") or refers to the wars as the Intercolonial Wars.
naming conflicts after the british monarch of the day is a convention in united states history related to its early european settlement as majority-english colonies canadian convention uses the name of the larger european conflict (eg the "war of the grand alliance" rather than "king william's war") or refers to the wars as the intercolonial wars