rmy forms on, 542
battle for Quebec on, 544-550
rout of French forces,. 546-550
behavior of Canadians, 549-550
French and English losses, 547n.-548, 552, 637-638
report of battle on, 638-639
Acadia (Nova Scotia), Conflict for, 82-106
conquered by Nicholson, 82
ceded to England (1713), 82
guaranteed religious freedom, 82, 87
hostility of French-Canadian authorities, 82, 84, 174-175
English patience and moderation, 83, 85, 94-96, 175
Halifax founded, 84
treachery of French clergy, 86-102
British seize ship in, 97
British-French disputes over boundaries, 102-105
failure to settle boundary disputes, 105
life in, 189-190
emigration under French pressure (1748-1755), 17n.
its value to France, 175-176
British remove settlers, 186-205
delay in finding British settlers, 205
Acadian, oath of allegiance to George II, 83, 87
urged to leave by French, 87, 89, 93ff.
threats of Le Loutre, missionary priest, 93ff., 102, 174
forced from Beaubassin by Le Loutre, 98ff., 174
misery of refugees, 100-102
removal by British, 186-205
reasons for removal, 175, 177, 188-189, 191-193
their misery at Beausejour, 179-180
heartless treatment from French authorities, 180-181
life of, 189-190
powers of church over, 190
refuse pledge of allegiance to George II, 191-193
English treatment of, 625
ordered by priests to join Indian attacks, 626
Adams, Captain, 194, 198
Africa, French driven from, 615
English power in, 615
Senegal ceded to England, 618
Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, 31, 38, 102
Albemarle, Lord, British Minister to France (1752), 91n., 139
Lord Chesterfield's comment on, 139
dies in Paris, 142
Albany, New York, in the 1750's, 228-229
Albemarle, Earl of (1761), takes Havana, 615
Alembert, D', 35
Alequippa, Iroquois Chieftoness, 54
joins Washington's men, 120
Algonquin, or Algonkin Indians, 72, 122, 262, 335
divination practices of, 305n.
Allen, Ensign, 152
Amherst, Major-General Jeffry, 516, 526, 527, 531
commands Louisbourg expedition, 385
sails for Halifax, 387
reaches Louisbourg, 390
his siege of Louisbourg, 394-399
Louisbourg surrenders, 401-402
his courtesy to French, 403
takes French posts around Louisbourg, 405
his relation
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