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... races , but united in interests and objects . The discoveries of Columbus and John Cabot awakened the enterprise of the French , and Jacques Cartier , a native of St. Malo , sailing through the Strait of Belle Isle and past Newfoundland ...
... races , but united in interests and objects . The discoveries of Columbus and John Cabot awakened the enterprise of the French , and Jacques Cartier , a native of St. Malo , sailing through the Strait of Belle Isle and past Newfoundland ...
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... race . Another important system inaugurated was the seigneurial tenure of land . For the double purpose of colonisation and protection against the Indians , the lands along the river Richelieu and elsewhere were divided into large ...
... race . Another important system inaugurated was the seigneurial tenure of land . For the double purpose of colonisation and protection against the Indians , the lands along the river Richelieu and elsewhere were divided into large ...
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... race of men peculiar to this wild western country , the curious combination of the old noblesse and the rough pioneer , known as the courcur des bois or woodsman . This picturesque figure plays a prominent part in the explorations of ...
... race of men peculiar to this wild western country , the curious combination of the old noblesse and the rough pioneer , known as the courcur des bois or woodsman . This picturesque figure plays a prominent part in the explorations of ...
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... race and language , the conquered people realised that they had improved their condi- tion . The enormous ... races , have been exceedingly sensitive regard- ing any encroachment , imaginary or real , upon what they consider their rights ...
... race and language , the conquered people realised that they had improved their condi- tion . The enormous ... races , have been exceedingly sensitive regard- ing any encroachment , imaginary or real , upon what they consider their rights ...
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... racial individuality which the French Canadians still maintain , and which has undoubtedly been an obstacle to the progress of the Province . All the Acts relative to civil government and justice were annulled . The Act released the ...
... racial individuality which the French Canadians still maintain , and which has undoubtedly been an obstacle to the progress of the Province . All the Acts relative to civil government and justice were annulled . The Act released the ...
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