The Conquest of Canada, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1849 - Canada The author traces the history of New France from 1534 until 1760. |
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... lands for the benefit of the military officers whom he desired to conciliate . He also countenanced or at least tolerated the fatal trade in spirituous liquors , which his authority alone could have suppressed . Owing to these causes ...
... lands for the benefit of the military officers whom he desired to conciliate . He also countenanced or at least tolerated the fatal trade in spirituous liquors , which his authority alone could have suppressed . Owing to these causes ...
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... land . The French governor immediately called together the Iroquois deputies , and successfully urged their neu- trality in the approaching struggle ; he also secured the somewhat doubtful allegiance of the allied tribes , but only ...
... land . The French governor immediately called together the Iroquois deputies , and successfully urged their neu- trality in the approaching struggle ; he also secured the somewhat doubtful allegiance of the allied tribes , but only ...
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... land to non - resident proprietors to be held by seignorial tenure , checked its progress . Louisiana , with more sources of surplus wealth from climate and soil , was never a very thriving colony , and was surrendered to Spain with ...
... land to non - resident proprietors to be held by seignorial tenure , checked its progress . Louisiana , with more sources of surplus wealth from climate and soil , was never a very thriving colony , and was surrendered to Spain with ...
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... lands tended to reduce all the landholders to a fraternity of pauperism . The court of France endeavoured vainly to remedy these evils , without removing the causes , and passed va- rious edicts to encourage the further clearance of wild ...
... lands tended to reduce all the landholders to a fraternity of pauperism . The court of France endeavoured vainly to remedy these evils , without removing the causes , and passed va- rious edicts to encourage the further clearance of wild ...
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... lands within six leagues of the coast . The rest in the province of Nova Scotia , to which is annexed the island of St. John's , which lies north of it in the Gulf of St. Lawrence . The modern Nova Scotia is the French Acadia . The ...
... lands within six leagues of the coast . The rest in the province of Nova Scotia , to which is annexed the island of St. John's , which lies north of it in the Gulf of St. Lawrence . The modern Nova Scotia is the French Acadia . The ...
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