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Pamphlet (written in January 1745) argues that Île-Royale must be captured to protect valuable fishery in Newfoundland [3]
Rising British Army officer says few provisions, little gunpowder, poor discipline and leadership, and exposed defences make Louisbourg vulnerable [4]
Massachusetts government moves (relatively) quickly to mount military expedition to take Louisbourg and Île-Royale [5]
Siege of Louisbourg ends with French defenders and British invaders agreeing to capitulation and transfer of French to France at British expense [6]
Governor William Shirley sends report and journal of Louisbourg siege, including details of soldiers' extremely heavy labour [7]
"God fought for us" - Sermon crediting Providence for so many advantages of preparation, execution and luck leading to fall of Louisbourg [8]
Photo: Monument erected by Society of Colonial Wars to the memory of New England soldiers killed at Louisbourg during siege of 1745 [9]
During siege, whaleboats were loaded with ladders and 500 soldiers and marines to take Louisbourg's Island Battery, but fog prevented attempt [10]
"After a Dance this Day, they fell upon him" - Report of torture killing of British soldier captured near Louisbourg [11]
"The Inhabitants were strangely surpris'd" - fire ship loaded with gunpowder used to damage King's Gate and other structures in Louisbourg [12]
"A great deal of ill usage" - Reports of local Indigenous people being abused by British authorities after siege (Note: "savages" used) [13]
Loss of Louisbourg eliminates France's benefit from rich North American fishery trade to Catholic Europe (Note: "savages" used) [14]
Nova Scotia Council president Mascarene assures Acadians that none who are of mixed European and Indigenous origin will be scalped [15]
Acadians supplying provisions to occupied Louisbourg threatened by its local Indigenous people, but those in Nova Scotia want peace [16]
Council advised from Chignecto that Jean-Louis Le Loutre has arrived there from Quebec "with presents for the Indians" [17]
Mascarene sternly cautions Acadians for seeking Le Loutre's permission to supply Annapolis, and then letting "11 or 12 Indians" stop them [18]
Uncooperative and hostile actions of Acadians (listed from 1710) make them, if not "utter Enemies," then "unprofitable Inhabitants" [19]
Quebec leaders report almost all Acadians desire "French Dominion" while amassing money as "a resource for an evil day" [20]
Joseph Robson investigates lower Nelson River for its usefulness to Hudson's Bay Company [21]
Joseph Robson's argument for building Hudson's Bay Company forts of stone, not wood [22]
Map of New France covers from Grand Banks to Pays d'en Haut to Baffin Bay [23]
English translation of Alain-René Lesage's fictionalized version of Canadian soldier/adventurer Beauchêne's exploits is published in London [24]
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Events from the year 1745 in Canada.
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Pamphlet (written in January 1745) argues that Île-Royale must be captured to protect valuable fishery in Newfoundland [3]
Rising British Army officer says few provisions, little gunpowder, poor discipline and leadership, and exposed defences make Louisbourg vulnerable [4]
Massachusetts government moves (relatively) quickly to mount military expedition to take Louisbourg and Île-Royale [5]
Siege of Louisbourg ends with French defenders and British invaders agreeing to capitulation and transfer of French to France at British expense [6]
Governor William Shirley sends report and journal of Louisbourg siege, including details of soldiers' extremely heavy labour [7]
"God fought for us" - Sermon crediting Providence for so many advantages of preparation, execution and luck leading to fall of Louisbourg [8]
Photo: Monument erected by Society of Colonial Wars to the memory of New England soldiers killed at Louisbourg during siege of 1745 [9]
During siege, whaleboats were loaded with ladders and 500 soldiers and marines to take Louisbourg's Island Battery, but fog prevented attempt [10]
"After a Dance this Day, they fell upon him" - Report of torture killing of British soldier captured near Louisbourg [11]
"The Inhabitants were strangely surpris'd" - fire ship loaded with gunpowder used to damage King's Gate and other structures in Louisbourg [12]
"A great deal of ill usage" - Reports of local Indigenous people being abused by British authorities after siege (Note: "savages" used) [13]
Loss of Louisbourg eliminates France's benefit from rich North American fishery trade to Catholic Europe (Note: "savages" used) [14]
Nova Scotia Council president Mascarene assures Acadians that none who are of mixed European and Indigenous origin will be scalped [15]
Acadians supplying provisions to occupied Louisbourg threatened by its local Indigenous people, but those in Nova Scotia want peace [16]
Council advised from Chignecto that Jean-Louis Le Loutre has arrived there from Quebec "with presents for the Indians" [17]
Mascarene sternly cautions Acadians for seeking Le Loutre's permission to supply Annapolis, and then letting "11 or 12 Indians" stop them [18]
Uncooperative and hostile actions of Acadians (listed from 1710) make them, if not "utter Enemies," then "unprofitable Inhabitants" [19]
Quebec leaders report almost all Acadians desire "French Dominion" while amassing money as "a resource for an evil day" [20]
Joseph Robson investigates lower Nelson River for its usefulness to Hudson's Bay Company [21]
Joseph Robson's argument for building Hudson's Bay Company forts of stone, not wood [22]
Map of New France covers from Grand Banks to Pays d'en Haut to Baffin Bay [23]
English translation of Alain-René Lesage's fictionalized version of Canadian soldier/adventurer Beauchêne's exploits is published in London [24]