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- 800 Acadians take oath of allegiance to the French.
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Get-rich-quick attitude hinders early development of New France[3]
French governor and intendant want Indigenous allies to resist British, possibly with their direct support (Note: "savages" used)[4]
Sisters of the Congregation in Montreal "are poor[...]and poorly nourished, although indefatigable" in serving at Hôtel-Dieu[5]
Council of Marine informed of Montreal fire losses, including 138 houses and "more than one million to the merchants and bourgeois"[6]
Intendant of Canada encourages alliance of Indigenous people and Acadians to drive British from Nova Scotia[7]
Call to move Newfoundlanders off island after William Keen and other residents have enough of murder and other "great disorders"[8]
"Dayly Cry here is for Justice" - Nova Scotia Governor and Council authorize themselves to be court of justice meeting quarterly[9]
Recommendation to expel French inhabitants of Nova Scotia, who refuse to give allegiance to Crown and divert trade to French ports[10]
"Promising beginnings" - New York gratifies Five Nations with deal for Lake Ontario trading post plus proof of French lies to them[11]
Illustration: Five Nations "Indian sachems" meeting with N.Y. Gov. Burnet give him beaver for his new wife (Note: racial stereotypes)[12]
With French favouring might over treaty right, Britain must make itself "considerable" in American colonies and build frontier forts[13]
Detailed description of French routes from Montreal to their settlements on Mississippi River[14]
Names and numbers of Indigenous allies of French detailed and compared with far fewer British allies[15]
As France has done, Britain should reinforce its bonds with Indigenous peoples through gifts, marriage, religion, trade and treaties[16]
References
- ↑ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ↑ Gibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10538. Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).
- ↑ Pierre-F.-X. de Charlevoix, "Letter III; What has hindered the Progress of the French Colony of Canada, Feb. 15, 1721" Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres (London, 1763), pgs. 30-32. Accessed 7 October 2017
- ↑ 73 Letter of Gov. Shute (Boston, March 13, 1722) enclosing letters of Gov. de Vaudreuil (September 25, 1721) and Intendant Bégon (June 14, 1721), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Accessed 23 February 2021
- ↑ Pierre-F.-X. de Charlevoix, Journal of a Voyage Made in North America by Order of the King (1744), tome III, pg. 139. Accessed 17 September 2021
- ↑ Claude de Ramezay, "Letter to the Council of Marine" (translation; October 4, 1721), France Archives nationales. Accessed 19 July 2021
- ↑ Letter of Chevalier Bégon (June 14, 1721), The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents[...]; Vol. LXVII.; Lower Canada, Abenakis, Louisiana; 1716-1727, pgs. 53-9. Accessed 23 December 2020 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_67.html (scroll down to "Page 53")
- ↑ 441 Letter of Council of Trade and Plantations (Whitehall, April 1, 1721), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 32, 1720-1721. Accessed 18 December 2020
- ↑ Council meetings (Annapolic Royal, April 19–20, 1721), Minutes of H.M. Council, 1720-1742, pgs. 28-9. Accessed 21 December 2020
- ↑ "A General Report concerning the State of His Majestys Plantations on the Continent of America" (September 8, 1721), pgs. 4-5. Accessed 26 April 2021
- ↑ "692 Governor Burnet to Council of Trade and Plantations" (October 16, 1721), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 32, 1720-1721. Accessed 18 December 2020
- ↑ Martha J. Lamb and Mrs. Burton Harrison, History of the City of New York (1877): illustration after pg. 516 and relevant text on pgs. 517-18. Accessed 19 September 2021
- ↑ "A General Report concerning the State of His Majestys Plantation on the Continent of America" (September 8, 1721), pg. 70. Accessed 26 April 2021
- ↑ "A General Report concerning the State of His Majestys Plantation on the Continent of America" (September 8, 1721), pgs. 73-6. Accessed 26 April 2021
- ↑ "A General Report concerning the State of His Majestys Plantation on the Continent of America" (September 8, 1721), pgs. 76-8. Accessed 26 April 2021
- ↑ "A General Report concerning the State of His Majestys Plantation on the Continent of America" (September 8, 1721), pgs. 85-9. Accessed 27 April 2021