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Subject > Wars, Battles and Conflicts

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Title: Clashes in the Ohio Valley - Battle for a Continent

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Description: Synopsis of television episode on the prelude to the Seven Years' War. Clashes broke out in the Ohio Valley in 1754 between the French, Indians, and American settlers, as Americans looked towards Indian homelands to the west. In the meantime, Benjamin Franklin's vision of the colonies in British America was that of one unified, English Protestant continent. This resource is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and links to video clips.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: Acadian Expulsion - Battle for a Continent

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Description: Description of a television episode on the Acadian Deportation. The British felt threatened by the presence of French settlers in Acadia - a peaceful population of Acadians who refused to swear an oath to the English King. The Acadian settlements were destroyed, their possessions confiscated, and the Acadians were sent into exile. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's Journal - Battle for a Continent

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Description: Description of television episode on memoirs of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, General Montcalm's aide-de-camp. Provides brief overview of the North American Indians' alliances with the French as well as observations of their skills and culture. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: French and English Sever Diplomatic Ties - Battle for a Continent

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Description: Description of a television episode on conflicts between France and the British Empire during the mid-eighteenth century. Officially, England and France were at peace, despite venomous skirmishes on the Canadian frontier. But on July 8, 1755, England finally severed its diplomatic ties with France and the following year it would declare war. This resource is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: Friction Before the War - Battle for a Continent - Fortress Louisbourg

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Description: Synopsis of television episode on England's plan to capture Louisbourg. The French fortress that guarded the entrance to the St. Lawrence River had long been a source of friction between France and Britain. The strategic fort was located on Île Royale and was the centre of the French fishing industry, a key military post, and training base for the French navy. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: War and the Foundation of Canada - Clash Of Empires

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Description: Eventually war erupted in North America between competing English and French colonies during the 17th century. In 1713, France ceded much of Acadia (now New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island) to Britain and abandoned its claims to Newfoundland. They retained control of Cape Breton, where they built the fortress of Louisburg to protect their fishing and shipping interests.

Site: Canadian War Museum

Title: New France, New Horizons - On French Soil in America

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Description: During the 16th century, following the discovery of the rich fishing banks off Newfoundland, France became the first European nation active in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence. In 1604, France created a permanent settlement there, laying the foundations of a country that would develop its own culture. This portal provides access to a virtual exhibition and a database containing more than one million images of archived documents from France and Canada.

Site: Library and Archives Canada

Title: Nobles and Commoners

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Description: The French nobility wanted to forbid commoners positions as military officers. Louis XIV favoured competence above all else, but his successors gradually capitulated. The colonial forces were attractive to non-noble officers, since the nobility preferred to stay in France.

Site: National Defence

Title: The White Flag As A Battle Flag

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Description: With origins in the Wars of Religion of the early seventeenth century, an all white flag symbolized France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was flown over military outposts and from ships' masts throughout the existence of the colony of New France.

Site: National Defence

Title: French Reaction

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Description: French reaction to Braddock's 1755 arrival in Virginia was the dispatch of six battalions of the French metropolitan army to the colonies. This was done because there was not enough time to recruit equivalent forces for the Troupes de la Marine who had historically been the garrison.

Site: National Defence

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