The _Alcide_ and the _Lys_ taken by Boscawen . . . . . . . . . 1755 Braddock defeated on the Monongahela . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1755 Johnson's victory over Dieskau at Lake George . . . . . . . . . 1755 Oswego taken by Montcalm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1756 William Shirley recalled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1756 Abortive attempt against Louisbourg by Loudoun and Holborne . . 1757 Fort William Henry taken by Montcalm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1757 Pitt comes into power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1757 Louisbourg taken by Amherst and Wolfe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1758 Abercromby defeated at Ticonderoga and Lord Howe killed . . . . 1758 Fort Frontenac taken by Bradstreet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1758 Fort Duquesne taken by Forbes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1758 Fort Niagara taken by Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1759 Ticonderoga and Crown Point taken by Amherst . . . . . . . . . 1759 Battle of Quebec. Deaths of Wolfe and Montcalm. Quebec surrendered to the English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1759 Surrender of Montreal and final conquest of Canada . . . . . . 1760 Resignation of Pitt. Bute comes into power . . . . . . . . . . 1761 War between Great Britain and Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1762 Peace of Paris. Canada ceded to Great Britain . . . . . . . . . 1763 INDEX Abbitibbi River, the, p. 188. Abenakis, the, 54, 127, 129, 135, 136, 138, 182, 194, 195, 266. Abercromby, General, 260, 271, 276, 277, 279, 280, 282, 283, 287, 296. Acadia, meaning of name, 36 _n_. -- and Acadians, 42, 43, 45, 52, 123, 131, 142, 146, 170-90, 192-4, 221-8, 235, 250, 337, 345, 346. Adirondack Mountains, 49, 241, 242. Adventurers to Canada, Company of, 74, 76. Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, 192, 205, 209, 211, 216, 217, 219, 221. Albanel, 186. Albany, 56 _n._, 63, 64, 91, 109, 110, 116, 121, 125-7, 130, 208, 234, 241, 246, 258, 267, 278, 321. -- River, the, 187. Albemarle, 186. Albert de Prado, 25. _Alcide_, the, 234 and _n._, 272. Alexander, Sir William, 74, 173-6. Alexandria, 236. Algonquins, the, 54, 61, 62, 66, 87. Alleghany Mountains, 49, 53, 217, 230-3, 285, 340. -- River, the, 150, 151, 217-9, 229, 286, 293, 331. Amazon, the, 2. Amherst, Lord, 259 _n._, 267, 271, 272, 275, 277, 283, 287, 290, 291, 296, 297, 303, 304, 311, 314, 319-24, 339. Amidas, 32. Andastes, the, 90. Andros, 183. Annapolis and Harbour, 41, 142, 143, 171, 176, 177, 193, 197, 202, 207-9, 219, 225, 226. Anne of Brittany, 20. -- Queen, 122, 144, 205. Anse au Foulon, 306, 317. Anson, Admiral, 206, 208, 292. Argall, Samuel, 42, 43, 172. Arkansas River, the, 153, 161, 162, 167, 211. Arlington, 186. Arthur, Port, 212. Artillery Cove, 265. Ashley, 186. Assiniboine, the, 213. Aubert of Dieppe, 20. Baccalaos, 15 _n._, 16 and _n._, 23 _n_. Bacon, 4, 12. Baffin, 27, 44, 184. -- Bay, 7 _n_. Baie des Puans. _See_ Green Bay.