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

The English spent some days in preparing their camp and reconnoitering the ground.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in

France’s loss of the Acadian peninsula in a previous war had been gall and wormwood to her; in losing it she had lost great material advantages.Our

It was about this time that the mob of soldiers, having been three hours under fire, and having spent their ammunition, broke away in a blind

July 9, 1755: both men and officers of the British army were new to this blind and frightful warfare of the savage in his native woods.Our special