Nothing could exceed the misery of a great part of these emigrants, who had left perforce most of their effects behind.Our special project
French Incite Indian Hostilities in Acadian Region
The French had never reconciled themselves to the loss of Acadia, and were resolved, by diplomacy or force, to win it back again.Our special project
Critical State of the West at the Outset of the French and Indian War
Perplexities increased; affairs in the West grew worse and worse.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in Canada by
Abbé Piquet’s Journey
No English establishment on the continent was of such ill omen to the French as Oswego. It not only robbed them of the fur-trade, by which they lived,
Christopher Gist
Gist was delighted with the country; and reported to his employers that "it is fine, rich, level land, well timbered . . ., well watered . . . and
Céloron Paddles down the Ohio River
They now bade farewell to the Ohio, or, in the words of the chaplain, to "La Belle Rivière, -- that river so little known to the French, and
Napoleon’s Italian Campaign
The Italian campaign of 1796-1797 was a decisive campaign in the French Revolutionary Wars1. It was led by a young Napoleon Bonaparte and resulted in
British America Before the French and Indian War
New England had borne the heaviest brunt of the preceding wars, not only by the forest, but also by the sea.Our special project presenting the
French America Before the French and Indian War
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