BRITISH COLONIES

VOL. V CANADA—PART I HISTORICAL

BY C. P. LUCAS, C.B. OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD AND THE COLONIAL OFFICE

OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS MDCCCCI

OXFORD PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS BY HORACE HART, M.A. PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

CONTENTS

CHAP. I. EUROPEAN DISCOVERERS IN NORTH AMERICA TO THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

CHAP. II. SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN AND THE FOUNDING OF QUEBEC

CHAP. III. THE SETTLEMENT OF CANADA AND THE FIVE NATION INDIANS

CHAP. IV. FRENCH AND ENGLISH DOWN TO THE PEACE OF UTRECHT

CHAP. V. THE MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA

CHAP. VI. ACADIA AND HUDSON BAY

CHAP. VII. LOUISBOURG

CHAP. VIII. THE PRELUDE TO THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR

CHAP. IX. THE CONQUEST OF CANADA

CHAP. X. THE CONQUEST OF CANADA (continued)

CHAP. XI. GENERAL SUMMARY

APPENDIX I. LIST OF FRENCH GOVERNORS OF CANADA

APPENDIX II. DATES OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF CANADA DOWN TO 1763

LIST OF MAPS

1. Map of the French and English possessions in North America in the middle of the eighteenth century

2. Map of New England, New York, and Central Canada, showing the waterways

3. Map of Louisbourg

4. Map of Quebec