Along the skirts of the southern and middle colonies ran for six or seven hundred miles a loose, thin, disheveled fringe of population, the

A disastrous rout on the Monongahela, failure at Niagara, a barren victory at Lake George, and three forts captured in Acadia, were the disappointing

The British Crown Point expedition of 1755 was a failure disguised under an incidental successOur special project presenting the definitive account

"It was the most awful day my eyes ever beheld," wrote Surgeon Williams to his wife; "there seemed to be nothing but thunder and lightning and

The most beautiful lake in America lay before them; then more beautiful than now, in the wild charm of untrodden mountains and virgin forests.Our

Their homes, farms, and villages were burned. They were forced onto British ships which transported them to the thirteen colonies.Our special

The British waited until the Acadian farmers had brought in the harvest to surprise them, seize them, and imprison them.Our special project

The affair "looks odd, and will appear so in future history;" but his commander, reckless of the judgments of posterity, gave him little

The French settlers of Acadia, while calling themselves neutrals, were an enemy encamped in the heart of the British province.Our special project