The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 10Yale University Press, 1918 |
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... link- ing the inland waters with the sea . The French had always an eye for points of strategic value ; and in holding Quebec they hoped to possess the pivot on which the destinies of North America should turn THE CONFLICT OPENS 5.
... link- ing the inland waters with the sea . The French had always an eye for points of strategic value ; and in holding Quebec they hoped to possess the pivot on which the destinies of North America should turn THE CONFLICT OPENS 5.
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... waters of the lower St. Lawrence . On the morning of October 16 , 1690 , watchers at Quebec saw the fleet , concerning which they had already been warned , rounding the head of the Is- land of Orleans and sailing into the broad basin ...
... waters of the lower St. Lawrence . On the morning of October 16 , 1690 , watchers at Quebec saw the fleet , concerning which they had already been warned , rounding the head of the Is- land of Orleans and sailing into the broad basin ...
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... waters before Quebec were difficult , and boats grounded unex- pectedly in a falling tide . Phips landed a force on the north side of the basin at Beauport but was held in check by French and Indian skirmishing parties . 20 THE CONQUEST ...
... waters before Quebec were difficult , and boats grounded unex- pectedly in a falling tide . Phips landed a force on the north side of the basin at Beauport but was held in check by French and Indian skirmishing parties . 20 THE CONQUEST ...
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... waters of Hud- son Bay , and captured there the English strong- holds of the fur trade ; and a leader in the more peaceful task of founding , at the mouth of the Mississippi , the colony of Louisiana . Canada had the advantage over the ...
... waters of Hud- son Bay , and captured there the English strong- holds of the fur trade ; and a leader in the more peaceful task of founding , at the mouth of the Mississippi , the colony of Louisiana . Canada had the advantage over the ...
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... water , with the murmured words of baptism , transformed a dying Indian child from an outcast savage into an angel of light . Quebec might , however , deride Boston with equal justice . Sir William Phips believed that malignant and ...
... water , with the murmured words of baptism , transformed a dying Indian child from an outcast savage into an angel of light . Quebec might , however , deride Boston with equal justice . Sir William Phips believed that malignant and ...
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