THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMINION IN THE GREAT VALLEYS OF NORTH AMERICA--ENGLISH REVERSES AND FRENCH VICTORIES--FALL OF LOUISBOURG AND FORT DUQUESNE (1756-1758) . . . . . . 237 XVIII. THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMINION IN THE VALLEY OF THE ST. LAWRENCE--CANADA IS WON BY WOLFE ON THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM (1759-1763) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 XIX. A PERIOD OF TRANSITION--PONTIAC'S WAR--THE QUEBEC ACT (1760-1774) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 XX. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION--INVASION OF CANADA--DEATH OF MONTGOMERY--PEACE (1774-1783) . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 XXI. COMING OF THE LOYALISTS (1783-1791) . . . . . . . . . . . 291 XXII. FOUNDATION OF NEW PROVINCES--ESTABLISHMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS (1792-1812) . . . . . . . . 302 XXIII. THE WAR OF 1812-1815--PATRIOTISM OF THE CANADIANS . . . . 316 XXIV. POLITICAL STRIFE AND REBELLION (1815-1840) . . . . . . . . 338 XXV. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT AND ITS RESULTS--FEDERAL UNION--RELATIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES (1839-1867) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 {xii} XXVI. END OF THE RULE OF FUR TRADERS--ACQUISITION OF THE NORTHWEST--FORMATION OF MANITOBA--RIEL'S REBELLIONS--THE INDIANS (1670-1885) . . . . . . . . . . 380 XXVII. BRITISH COLUMBIA AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ENTER THE UNION--NATIONAL EVENTS SINCE 1867--MAKERS OF THE DOMINION (1867-1891) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 XXVIII. CANADA AS A NATION--MATERIAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT--POLITICAL RIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 XXIX. FRENCH CANADA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 XXX. RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF CANADA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 {xiii} LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS [Transcriber's note: The page numbers below are those in the original book. However, in this e-book, to avoid the splitting of paragraphs, the illustrations may have been moved to preceding or following pages.] PAGE THE HON. W. L. MACKENZIE KING . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ _Courtesy "Canada."_ VIEW OF CAPE TRINITY ON THE LAURENTIAN RANGE . . . . . . . 9 _From a photograph by Topley, Ottawa._ ROCKY MOUNTAINS AT DONALD, BRITISH COLUMBIA . . . . . . . 13 _From Sir W. Van Horne's Collection of B. C. photographs._ UPPER END OF FRASER CANON, BRITISH COLUMBIA . . . . . . . 15 _Ibid._ SKETCH OF JUAN DE LA COSA'S MAP, A.D. 1500 . . . . . . . . 25 _From Dr. S. E. Dawson's "Cabot Voyages," in Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., 1894._