The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 10Yale University Press, 1918 |
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... ships were to cross the sea and to lie in wait near New York . Meanwhile from Canada , sixteen hundred armed men , a thousand of them French regular troops , were to advance by land into the heart of the colony , seize Albany and all ...
... ships were to cross the sea and to lie in wait near New York . Meanwhile from Canada , sixteen hundred armed men , a thousand of them French regular troops , were to advance by land into the heart of the colony , seize Albany and all ...
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... ship and get the money . For this enterprise he obtained support in England and set out on his exacting adventure . On the voyage his crew mutinied . Armed with cutlasses , they told Phips that he must turn pirate or perish ; but he ...
... ship and get the money . For this enterprise he obtained support in England and set out on his exacting adventure . On the voyage his crew mutinied . Armed with cutlasses , they told Phips that he must turn pirate or perish ; but he ...
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... ships . The voyage occupied more than two months . Apparently the hardy carpenter - sailor , able enough to carry through a difficult under- taking with a single ship , lacked the organizing skill to manage a great expedition . He ...
... ships . The voyage occupied more than two months . Apparently the hardy carpenter - sailor , able enough to carry through a difficult under- taking with a single ship , lacked the organizing skill to manage a great expedition . He ...
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... ships , Fron- tenac hurried four canoes to meet it . The Eng- lish envoy was placed blindfold in one of these canoes and was paddled to the shore . Here two soldiers took him by the arms and led him over many obstacles up the steep ...
... ships , Fron- tenac hurried four canoes to meet it . The Eng- lish envoy was placed blindfold in one of these canoes and was paddled to the shore . Here two soldiers took him by the arms and led him over many obstacles up the steep ...
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held in check by French and Indian skirmishing parties . He sailed his ships up close to Quebec and bombarded the stronghold , but then , as now , ships were impotent against well - served land defenses . Soon Phips was short of ...
held in check by French and Indian skirmishing parties . He sailed his ships up close to Quebec and bombarded the stronghold , but then , as now , ships were impotent against well - served land defenses . Soon Phips was short of ...
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Acadians army attack Boston Bougainville Britain brothers CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Canada Canadian canoes Cape Breton Catholic Céloron Church colonists command disaster enemy England English colonies Europe farther fight flowing force Fort Beauséjour Fort La Reine Fort William Henry fortress France France's François French Frontenac frontier furs Governor of Canada Halifax harbor Hendry Hudson Bay hundred Iroquois Jesuit Jonquière journey King knew La Vérendrye Lake Champlain land Lawrence leader Lévis lish Louis XIV Louisbourg Mandan Massachusetts menace miles military minister Mississippi Montcalm Montreal mouth nearly North America Nova Scotia officers Ohio peace Phips Port Royal prairie priest prisoners Protestant Quebec reached region river sailed sailors Saint-Pierre Saskatchewan savages sent ships soldiers soon south shore surrender thought thousand took trade Treaty of Utrecht tribes troops UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Vaudreuil Vérendrye Versailles Vetch victory village waters West Western Sea westward William winter Wolfe