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Summary
The irrepressible conflict between France and England in America
Acadia finally passes to England
The French view of the limits of Acadia
The Abenaki tribes
Sebastian Rale
The Norridgewock village
The country between the Piscataqua and the Kennebec
The Indian view of selling land
The Indians and the French
Conference between Governor Shute and the Indians
Baxter and Rale
The Indians instigated to attack the English
Border warfare
Conflicts between the Governor and the Assembly
Shute succeeded by Dummer
Expeditions against the Indians
Extermination of the Norridgewock tribe
Captain Lovewell
Lovewell's fight
The death of Frye
Louisburg
The project to capture Louisburg
The New England colonies undertake the attack
The naval force
The French surprised
The Grand Battery abandoned in panic
Capture of a French line-of-battle ship
Louisburg surrendered June 17, 1745
A relic of Louisburg
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Note about the cover: An Abenaki
The "irrepressible conflict" between France and England in America
When Mr. Seward, about forty years ago, spoke of the "irrepressible conflict" between slavery and freedom, it was generally felt that he had invented a happy and telling phrase. It was a conflict equally irrepressible that was carried on for seventy years between France and England for the possession of North America.
It was the strife between absolutism and individualism, between paternal government carried to the last extreme, and the spontaneous life of communities that governed themselves in town meeting. Alike in Europe and in America each party was aggressive and uncompromising.
Particularly in America the proximity of the Indians made it next to impossible to avoid bloodshed even when the governments of France and England were nominally at peace with one another. There is no better illustration of this than is afforded by the story of Norridgewock.
Mots clés : John Fiske, first chapter of New France and New England by John Fiske, published in 1902. He comes from The historical writings of John Fiske, in twelve volumes, here is the beginning of Volume IX. Chapter 7, Norridgewock and Louisburg No 7
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Summary
The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
The spread of the English westward
The Scotch-Irish
The pioneers pass the Alleghanies
This advance of the English a menace to the French
The French influence with the Indians declines
The founding of Oswego
Sir William Johnson
English traders in the Ohio Valley
Céloron takes possession of the Ohio Valley for Louis XV
Céloron among the Miamis
The Miamis under English influence
The French destroy the Miami trading village
The Marquis Duquesne
The French expedition of 1753
The Indians between two fires
A chance meeting
Major George Washington sent to warn the French
The French boast of their plans
Governor Dinwiddie resolves to occupy the Gateway of the West
Duquesne anticipates the English
The Virginia expedition to Fort Duquesne
Washington surprises a French force
Fort Necessity
The battle of Fort Necessity
The English retreat
Niggardliness of the Provincial Assemblies
The defense of the colonies dependent on the governors
The need of a union of the colonies
The Albany Congress
Franklin's plan of union rejected
England and France send troops to America, 1755
Capture of two French ships
General Braddock
Indian mode of fighting
English regulars ill prepared for such tactics
Braddock's difficulties
Braddock should have landed at Philadelphia
The march
A detachment sent on in advance
Beaujeu sets out to waylay the English
Braddock's precautions
The battle
The English fall before unseen foes
Bravery of Braddock and Washington
Braddock's death
Dunbar's culpable retreat
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Note about the cover: Johnson Hall by Henry. Sir William Johnson presenting Medals to Chiefs of the Six Nations at Johnstown, N.Y.
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Summary
Governor Shirley's plan of campaign
William Johnson to attack Crown Point
Character of Johnson's army
Johnson names Lake George
Dieskau's approach
The Indians prefer to attack the camp
The English scouting party routed
Dieskau repulsed and captured
Shirley's expedition against Niagara a failure
Desolation on the frontier
Opening of the Seven Years' War
England and Prussia join forces
Montcalm
Montcalm's account of the voyage to Canada
Vaudreuil not gratified by Montcalm's arrival
Shirley superseded
The Earl of Loudoun
Loudoun plans to attack Ticonderoga
Fall of Oswego
Montcalm's capture of Oswego impresses the Indians
Loudoun's expedition against Louisburg
Montcalm's expedition against Fort William Henry
Ferocity of Montcalm's Indian allies
The English force at Fort William Henry and Fort Edward
Montcalm invests Fort William Henry
Surrender of the forces at Fort William Henry
The Indians uncontrollable
The massacre of prisoners
William Pitt
Pitt's hold on popular confidence
Pitt recalls Loudoun
Lord Howe
The expedition against Ticonderoga
Lord Howe's adaptability
The English scouting party lost in the woods
Death of Lord Howe
Montcalm's defenses
Alternatives open to Abercrombie
Montcalm saved by Abercrombie' s stupidity
An assault ordered
All assaults repulsed
Abercrombie ridiculed
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This ebook is the ninth chapter of New France and New England by John Fiske, published in 1902. He comes from The historical writings of John Fiske, in twelve volumes, here is at near the end of Volume IX.
Summary
Strategic points in the contest
Louisburg
The English expedition against Louisburg
General Wolfe effects a landing
The harbour batteries secured or reduced by the English
Gradual destruction of the French fleet
Surrender of Louisburg
Wolfe returns to England
Bradstreet's expedition against Fort Frontenac
Fort Frontenac taken, August 27
The loss of Fort Frontenac weakens Fort Duquesne
General John Forbes
The expedition against Fort Duquesne
The choice of routes
Forbes' s method of advance
The slow progress of the march favourable to success
Major Grant's disastrous reconnoissance
Christian Frederic Post wins over the Indians
The French evacuate Fort Duquesne
Pitt resolved to drive the French from Canada
Preparations for the campaign of 1759
Weak points of eighteenth century strategy
General Amherst's plan of campaign
General Prideaux's expedition against Fort Niagara
Fall of Fort Niagara
General Amherst marches against Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga deserted and blown up
Amherst's ineffective activity
Quebec
The position of the French forces
The difficulties which confronted Wolfe
His illness
Wolfe plans to scale the heights
Final preparations
The start
The ascent
Complete surprise of the French
The battle
Death of Wolfe
Death of Montcalm
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This ebook is the tenth and last chapter of New France and New England by John Fiske, published in 1902. He comes from The historical writings of John Fiske, in twelve volumes, here is at the end of Volume IX.
After From Cartier to Champlain, The Beginnings of Quebec, The Lords of Acadia - Later history of Champlain, Wilderness and Empire, Witchcraft of Salem, The Great Awakening, Norridgewock and Louisburg, Beginnings of the Great War, Beginnings of the Great War, Crown Point, Fort William Henry, and Ticonderoga, and here the last one : Louisburg, Fort Duquesne, and the Fall of Quebec, enjoyed it.
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