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Events from the year 1754 in Canada.
British not disposed to negotiating with French until they (among other things) give up parts of Nova Scotia they have taken [3]
New York asks Six Nations to treaty talks, but they delay over concerns about land, Ohio fighting and (false) smallpox news from Albany [4]
Convention at Albany of colonial officials hears from Indigenous leaders before drawing up plan for union of British colonies [5]
Albany Plan of Union would end weakness of disunity, create protective colonies on Great Lakes and regulate "Indian" trade and purchases [6]
Apparently, British government planned combined operations against French on Ohio River, and at Niagara, Crown Point and Fort Beauséjour [7]
Strategic analysis suggests attacks on French at Niagara and Crown Point, rather than Ohio, as easiest and cheapest [8]
France wants New York most because of its proximity to Canada and its Lake Ontario trade route, and (from French intelligence) its weaknesses [9]
"Under no kind of discipline" - British colonial troops practice "licentiousness, under the notion of liberty," toward authority [10]
Timeline of preparations for war against French in New England and Nova Scotia [11]
Acadians will not have to bear arms because British constitution "makes it both unsafe & unprecedented" for Catholics to do so [12]
Officer at Annapolis warned not to trust treacherous Le Loutre, but stay open to peaceful intentions under treaty with Kopit [13]
"Would be much better[...]that they were away" - Charles Lawrence details Acadians' non-compliance, but also their "ill humour" toward French [14]
Lawrence recommends demolishing Fort Beauséjour and moving nearby Acadians either within Nova Scotia or "totally away by Fire and Sword" [15]
"Too insolent and absurd" - Le Loutre's take on current affairs and list of Mi'kmaw demands are rejected by N.S. Council (Note: "savages" used) [16]
Control of "corn" (grain) sales will divert it from Beauséjour and estranged Saint John River area and toward underserved Halifax market [17]
Council agrees to aid Acadian families' return home after their unsuccessful exodus to Cape Breton at Le Loutre's urging [18]
On staff of Fort Beauséjour, spy for British reports on Le Loutre's intimidation of parishioners [19]
To thwart French seduction, New York Indian affairs commissioners want each of Six Nations to draw its dispersed members into one " castle" [20]
Cayuga sachems say that if rum is made available to them, "they Cannot Remain A Nation" and will relocate to Canada, where rum is prohibited [21]
"Trembling alive with fear" - New Hampshire woman begins account of captivity among Indigenous people in Canada (Note: "savages" used) [22]
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History of Canada |
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Topics |
By provinces and territories |
Cities |
Research |
Events from the year 1754 in Canada.
British not disposed to negotiating with French until they (among other things) give up parts of Nova Scotia they have taken [3]
New York asks Six Nations to treaty talks, but they delay over concerns about land, Ohio fighting and (false) smallpox news from Albany [4]
Convention at Albany of colonial officials hears from Indigenous leaders before drawing up plan for union of British colonies [5]
Albany Plan of Union would end weakness of disunity, create protective colonies on Great Lakes and regulate "Indian" trade and purchases [6]
Apparently, British government planned combined operations against French on Ohio River, and at Niagara, Crown Point and Fort Beauséjour [7]
Strategic analysis suggests attacks on French at Niagara and Crown Point, rather than Ohio, as easiest and cheapest [8]
France wants New York most because of its proximity to Canada and its Lake Ontario trade route, and (from French intelligence) its weaknesses [9]
"Under no kind of discipline" - British colonial troops practice "licentiousness, under the notion of liberty," toward authority [10]
Timeline of preparations for war against French in New England and Nova Scotia [11]
Acadians will not have to bear arms because British constitution "makes it both unsafe & unprecedented" for Catholics to do so [12]
Officer at Annapolis warned not to trust treacherous Le Loutre, but stay open to peaceful intentions under treaty with Kopit [13]
"Would be much better[...]that they were away" - Charles Lawrence details Acadians' non-compliance, but also their "ill humour" toward French [14]
Lawrence recommends demolishing Fort Beauséjour and moving nearby Acadians either within Nova Scotia or "totally away by Fire and Sword" [15]
"Too insolent and absurd" - Le Loutre's take on current affairs and list of Mi'kmaw demands are rejected by N.S. Council (Note: "savages" used) [16]
Control of "corn" (grain) sales will divert it from Beauséjour and estranged Saint John River area and toward underserved Halifax market [17]
Council agrees to aid Acadian families' return home after their unsuccessful exodus to Cape Breton at Le Loutre's urging [18]
On staff of Fort Beauséjour, spy for British reports on Le Loutre's intimidation of parishioners [19]
To thwart French seduction, New York Indian affairs commissioners want each of Six Nations to draw its dispersed members into one " castle" [20]
Cayuga sachems say that if rum is made available to them, "they Cannot Remain A Nation" and will relocate to Canada, where rum is prohibited [21]
"Trembling alive with fear" - New Hampshire woman begins account of captivity among Indigenous people in Canada (Note: "savages" used) [22]