New France could not grow with a priest on guard at the gate to let in none but such as pleased him.Our special project presenting the definitive
France Before the French and Indian War
A growing disrespect for king, ministry, and clergy was beginning to prepare the catastrophe that was still some forty years in the future.Our
Fort Massachusetts
Then it was a rough clearing, encumbered with the stumps and refuse of the primeval forest, whose living hosts stood grimly around it, and spread,
The Frontier Forts
The various fortifications, public and private, were garrisoned, sometimes by the owner and his neighbors, sometimes by men in pay of the Provincial
Frontier Border Ravages
No part of the country suffered more than the western borders of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.Our special project presenting the definitive
Saratoga Destroyed
This was the farthest outpost of the colony, and the only defense of Albany in the direction of Canada.Our special project presenting the definitive
First Battle of Grand Pré
Thus ended one of the most gallant exploits in French-Canadian annals.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by
French Trek Through Snowstorms to Attack British in Acadia
At noon of that day, the storm still continuing, they marched again, though they could hardly see their way for the driving snow.Our special project
The Acadians’ Dilemma
Acadia was left to drift with the tide, as before.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by Francis Parkman, one