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Subject: Excerpt Of History
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 16:03:03 EDT
"During the treaty negotiations that brought an official end to the Seven
Years War(French and Indian War), the French hoped to hold onto Cape Breton, but
were forced to settle for a small island of St. Pierre and Miquelon to the
south of Newfoundland."
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"Also referred to as " The Indian Bill of Rights" or " The Indian Magna
Carta," the Royal Proclamation of 1763 established a framework for government in
the lands the French had lost in the Seven Years War, the document also set
aside lands for First Nations peoples to west of the Thirteen Colonies."
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"A quarrel between Louis Joseph Montcalm and the Marquis de
Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, the Governor of New France, contributed to the fall of Quebec. Although
Montcalm was favoured in the French court, his request for an additional army of
veterans was denied."
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"After Acadia on the Bay of Fundy was ceded to Great Britain in 1713, work
began on setting up a number of French forts along the border. The British grew
increasingly concerned that France would attempt to take back the territory.
In 1755, the Acadians were asked to swear an oath of allegiance to the British
Crown. The great majority refused. Over 8,000 Acadians were deported."
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"The great majority of Acadians were scattered through the Thirteen Colonies
and the British West Indies, others ended up in the French West Indies and
Great Britain. However, most exiled Acadians managed to return home. Some
undertook their return journeys within months of expulsion, while others had to wait
several years."
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