The Treaty of Ryswick was
signed in 1697 and it ended the war
between France and the Grand Alliance of
Spain, England, and Holland. It also
brought and end to hostilities in North
American between the French and the
Algonquin's on one side and the English
and the Iroquois on the other. Due to
restricted communications between Europe
and the Americas, the peace was not
known of in North America for over 2
months.
he terms of the treaty returned Nova Scotia to the French after it had been captured by the English during the war.
