A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 2) : $b from the discovery of the American continent to the present time

Name: A popular history of the United States of America, Vol. 2 (of 2) : $b from the discovery of the American continent to the present time
Author: Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham) · 1888

The Austrian succession.—Renewed treaty with the six nations.—Breaking out of the war.—Governor Shirley attacks Louisburg.—Co-operation of the colonies.—Commodore Warren’s squadron.—Siege of Louisburg.—The city capitulates.—Franklin’s scheme for raising troops.—The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle.—Louisburg and Cape Breton returned to the French.—Undefined limits of English and French claims on America.—The Ohio company.—Remonstrance of Duquesne.—Washington’s first service.—Disputes among the colonists themselves.—Franklin’s scheme for general union rejected.—Braddock chosen major-general.—Taxation and discontent.—The English occupy Nova Scotia.—Acadia.—The outrage on the Acadians.—Their unhappy fa…

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