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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), French and Indian War. (search)
French and Indian War.
A fourth intercolonial war between the English and French colonies in America was begun in 1754, in which the Indians, as usual, bore a conspicuous part.
The English population (white) in the colonies was then a little more than 1,000,000, planted along the seaboard.
The French were 100,000 strong, and occupied the regions of Nova Scotia, the St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes, and a line of trading-posts in the Valley of the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
The latter, as chiefly traders, had gained great influence over many of the Indian tribes.
There was outward peace, but inward war, between the colonists, and it needed only a small matter to kindle a flame of hostilities.
After the capture of Louisburg (1745), the French had taken measures to extend and strengthen their dominion in America.
Their power became aggressive, and early in 1754 it was evident that they intended to hold military possession of the Ohio and the region around its head-waters
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fur-trade. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Great Eastern, the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Great Lakes and the Navy , the. (search)
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Griffin, the
The vessel of La Salle, on Lake Erie; built early in 1667, at the mouth of Cayuga Creek, not far below the site of Buffalo, and near the foot of Squaw Island.
She was armed with a battery of seven small cannon and some muskets, and floated a flag bearing the device of an eagle.
In August, the same year, she sailed for the western end of Lake Erie.
This was the beginning of the commerce on the Great Lakes.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart , Albert Bushnell 1854 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Imperialism. (search)
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jesuit missions. (search)