A Short History Of The Expansion Of The British Empire From 1500 To 1902 PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...waged the war for the West. The four great wars fought against France in Europe between 1688 and 1763 had each their counter-_. t The Frontier part in America. King William's war (1690-7), Wars: 169o--as it was called, raged along the entire frontier I73' from Maine to the Hudson. Indians destroyed townships within 25 miles of Boston. So serious was the danger that a joint conference of the colonies was, for the first time, called at New York to concert measures of defence. Acadia was captured but restored at Ryswick (1697). Five years later Queen Anne's war broke out. New Hampshire and Massachusetts were the objects of fierce and repeated attacks. The sack of Deerfield (1711) by a war party of savages under French command and the ferocious outrages which followed exasperated the colonists. Port Royal in 1710 fell to a strong force of colonial and British troops; and with it Acadia passed finally into English hands. At Utrecht, The peace of Newfoundland, though under conditions which Utrecht, 1713. are still a source of grievance to the inhabitants, and Hudson, s Bay, were definitely declared to be British possessions. Acadia was ceded, and the Iroquois admitted to be under the 170 The Conflict of the Two Races. CH. IV. protection of the English Crown. The province of New York thus extended its boundary to Lake Ontario, and vague rights over an enormous area were acquired. But the Treaty of Utrecht did not determine boundaries. The "ancient limits" of Acadia meant wholly different things in Boston and in Montreal. The loss of this territory rankled deeply. Whilst England neglected its new conquest, France bent all her efforts to retain the allegiance of its inhabitants. Louisbourg, in Cape Breton, was built (1716) to replace Port Royal, and...