The History of the Thirteen Colonies of North America 1497-1763Jeffery, Reginald W. (Reginald Welbury)
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The History of the Thirteen Colonies of North America 1497-1763
Jeffery, Reginald W. (Reginald Welbury)
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
George Whitefield in Georgia.
1739-1742. War in Georgia with the Spaniards.
1742. The Spaniards attacked St Simons, Carolina.
1743. General Oglethorpe left Georgia.
1743-1753. George Clinton, Governor of New York.
1744. War between England and France.
Canso taken by the French.
1745. Shirley, Pepperell, and Warren take Louisburg.
1747. Warren and Anson defeated the French off Cape Finisterre.
1748. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
1749. Celeron de Bienville registered the claims of France to the
Ohio valley.
Establishment of Fort Rouillé (Toronto).
Establishment of Halifax.
1750. Le Loutre burnt Beaubassin.
1752. The Marquis Duquesne became Governor of Canada.
Georgia passed into the hands of the Crown.
1753. Proposal to unite the Thirteen Colonies.
Duquesne sent Marin to build forts between the Lakes and
the Ohio. Washington sent on a counter expedition.
1754. The French built Fort Duquesne.
Death of Jumonville.
Washington built Fort Necessity, but obliged to retreat.
1755. Braddock's disaster on the Monongahela.
William Johnson's expedition against Crown Point.
Shirley's advance on Lake Ontario.
Beausejour taken and renamed Fort Cumberland.
Transportation of the Acadians.
Vaudreuil appointed Governor-General of Canada.
1756. Outbreak of the Seven Years' War.
Oswego, under Bradstreet, taken by Montcalm.
Recall of William Shirley.
1757. Loudoun and Holborne made an abortive attempt on Louisburg.
Fort William Henry taken by Montcalm and Levis.
William Pitt joined Newcastle.
1758. Louisburg under Drucour taken by Boscawen, Amherst, and
Wolfe.
Abercromby defeated at Ticonderoga. Death of Lord Howe.
1758. Fort Frontenac taken by Bradstreet.
Amherst appointed Commander-in-chief in North America.
Fort Duquesne taken by Forbes and renamed Pittsburg.
1759. Stanwix sent to Duquesne and Prideaux to Oswego.
Fort Niagara taken by Johnson.
Ticonderoga and Crown Point taken by Amherst.
The capture of Quebec. Deaths of Wolfe and Montcalm.
1760. The Battle of St Foy. Levis forced the English into Quebec.
Relief of Quebec.
Surrender of Montreal to the forces of Amherst, Haviland,
and Murray.
1763. The Peace of Paris.
A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOSE WORKS WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED EASILY
_Large Bibliographies_
Larned, J. N. (editor). The Literature of American History,
Boston, 1902.
Harrisse, H. Notes pour servir à l'histoire, à la bibliographie,
et à la cartographie de la Nouvelle France, etc., Paris, 1872.
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