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Canada: The Struggle for Empire

by Luella Bruce Creighton Author

The story of Canada from the beginning to about the year 1800 is in this book.

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Resource Type
Book
Print Status
Out of Print
Chapters
53
Pages
438
Suggested Grades
6th - 10th
Geographical Setting
Canada
Historical Setting
1800 - 2000
Publisher
J.M. Dent & Sons Limited
Copyright
1960
Written
1960

Chapters

  • 1 The Dreaming Continent
  • 2 The Proprietors of the Continent
  • 3 The First Visitors
  • 4 Sail West to the East
  • 5 Fish and Fishermen
  • 6 Jacques Cartier
  • 7 Sixty Years Silence
  • 8 To China Through the Northern Seas
  • 9 Champlain, the Father of New France
  • 10 The Coming of the Black Robes
  • 11 The Planting of Virginia
  • 12 The Pilgrims
  • 13 New England
  • 14 Acadia
  • 15 Maisonneuve and Montreal, 1642
  • 16 The Iroquois on the Warpath
  • 17 All Set About by Enemies
  • 18 France to the Rescue
  • 19 The Fur Trade Moves West
  • 20 Frontenac, the Great Onontio
  • 21 La Salle
  • 22 Between the Appalachians and the Sea
  • 23 The French Move West and North
  • 24 The Iroquois on the Warpath Again
  • 25 The Return of Frontenac
  • 26 The Treaty of Utrecht, 1713
  • 27 The Years of Peace, 1713 - 1744
  • 28 The Race for the Furs
  • 29 Life in New France
  • 30 Life in the English Colonies
  • 31 The Years of War
  • 32 A Year of Crisis, 1755
  • 33 The Seven Years War, 1756 - 1763
  • 34 The Passing of New France
  • 35 After the Great Battle
  • 36 Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawas
  • 37 The Royal Proclamation, 1763
  • 38 Seeds of Revolt in the English Colonies
  • 39 The Quebec Act, 1774
  • 40 Revolution Breaks Out
  • 41 The Declaration of Independence, 1776
  • 42 The War for Independence
  • 43 The Second Treaty of Paris, 1783
  • 44 Loyalists in the American Revolution
  • 45 The Birth of Two Nations
  • 46 The United States of America
  • 47 The New British North America
  • 48 On the Pacific Coast
  • 49 The Redcoats Move Out
  • 50 The Gentlemen Adventurers Move Inland
  • 51 The North West Company
  • 52 The Map Makers
  • 53 The Continent Awakes

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