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
Parkman Vol. 7, Chapter 4
Alone of all the British colonies on the continent, this new settlement was the offspring, not of private enterprise, but of royal authority.Our
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,
Parkman Vol. 7, Chapter 3
The French at length perceived that the fork of the Ohio, so strangely neglected by the English, formed, together with Niagara, the keys of the Great
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
Parkman Vol. 7, Chapter 2
The Pope and the Bourbons had claimed the Ohio country for seventy years and had done scarcely more for it than the Indians, its natural owners.Our
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