1710 in Canada
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Events from the year 1710 in Canada.
Incumbents
[edit]Governors
[edit]- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil[3]
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase[4]
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Samuel Vetch[5]
- Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle[6]
Events
[edit]- The English recapture Acadia, this time permanently, and rename it Nova Scotia.[7]
- Francis Nicholson captures Port Royal for England.[8]
- The English take Port Royal and name it Annapolis Royal.[9]
- Three Mohawk chiefs and one Mahican are received in Queen Anne's court in England as the Four Kings of the New World.[10]
Births
[edit]- October 7 - François-Josué de la Corne Dubreuil, a soldier and trader. (died 1753)[11]
- July 23 - Jonathan Belcher, lawyer, chief justice, and lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia (died 1776)[12]
Historical documents
[edit]Squadron of Royal Navy ships and transports with 2,000 troops takes Port Royal from French garrison[13]
Speaking to Queen Anne in London, Mohican and Kanien’kéhà:ka chiefs request conquest of Canada for their better hunting and trade[14]
Haudenosaunee "inconstant in their Tempers, crafty, timorous, but quick of Apprehension, and very ingenious in their Way" (Note: stereotypes)[15]
Governor Dudley says taking Canada and Nova Scotia will capture naval stores trade entirely and safeguard inland settlement[16]
Argument for autumn offensive against Canada includes benefits of fairer winds and higher (but still ice-free) water[17]
Detailed list of armaments and personnel in Canada from Riviere du Loup to Cataraqui on Lake Ontario[18]
"A malignant fever[...]was very general both in Quebec and in the surrounding country [and] carried off a vast number of persons"[19]
France has encroached on Newfoundland trade to point that "their riches and naval power[...]make all Europe stand in fear of them"[20]
Newfoundlanders' work in fishery and demand for goods is strong, but conditions "very deplorable" from lack of protection from French[21]
Geography of Ferryland, Newfoundland makes it excellent prospect for fortification to protect "every ship, stage, house and storehouse"[22]
Mayors of English towns report how many ships will go to Newfoundland this year, and how much Royal Navy protection will be needed[23]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences". history.as.uky.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ Emson, H. E. (1992). "For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 304 (6838): 1365–1366. ISSN 0959-8138.
- ^ "BAnQ numérique". numerique.banq.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ "Biography – PASTOUR DE COSTEBELLE, PHILIPPE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ Peter Hume Brown (1911). History of Scotland to the Present Time. University of Michigan. The University Press.
- ^ "Biography – AUGER DE SUBERCASE, DANIEL D' – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
- ^ Reid, John G.; Basque, Maurice; Mancke, Elizabeth; Moody, Barry; Plank, Geoffrey; Wicken, William (2004). The 'Conquest' of Acadia, 1710: Imperial, Colonial, and Aboriginal Constructions. University of Toronto Press. doi:10.3138/9781442680883. ISBN 978-0-8020-8538-2.
- ^ "1710 Detail, Siege of Port Royals by the English Succeeds, Pre-Revolution Timeline 1700s - America's Best History". americasbesthistory.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ "History of Nova Scotia; Acadia, Bk.1, Port Royal and The English Takeover: 1690-1712; Part 2; Ch. 3, Phips and the Taking of Port Royal (1690)". www.blupete.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ MonkEL (2009-01-13). "Closing Exhibition: Four Indian Kings". npg.si.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
- ^ Oury, Guy-M. (1990). "Une famille canadienne dans la tourmente révolutionnaire : le Chevalier de la Corne". Les Cahiers des dix (in French) (45): 67–94. doi:10.7202/1015569ar. ISSN 0575-089X.
- ^ AMERICAN CANADIAN COLONIAL (PDF).
- ^ "The Expedition against Port Royal" Chap. XXX; Containing an Account[...]of the Expedition to, and Reduction of Port Royal in Nova Scotia, A Complete History of the most Remarkable Transactions at Sea[....] (1720), pgs. 765-7. Accessed 28 January 2021
- ^ "194 The Four Indian Kings' Speech to the Queen" (April 20, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 2 February 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp68-84 Also at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/The_Four_Indian_Kings_Speech_To_Her_Majesty.png
- ^ "Chap. I; A Description of the Country of Canada" The Four Kings of Canada (1710), pgs. 8-11. Accessed 8 February 2021
- ^ "81 Governor Dudley to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (January 31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
- ^ "290 Mr. Dummer to (the Earl of Dartmouth?)" (July 6, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 5 February 2021
- ^ "569 A View of Canada taken by Major John Livingston, with accot. of fortifications and number of men" (December 27, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 5 February 2021
- ^ "April and May, 1710," Extracts from the Journal of the Jesuits from the year 1710 to 1755, The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 3 February 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to "malignant")
- ^ "250 i Considerations on the Trade to Newfoundland" (received by Council of Trade and Plantations, May 26, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
- ^ "85 Mr. Campbell to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (January 31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
- ^ "The Memorial of Archibald Cumings in Relation to the fortifying of Ferryland(...)" (February 1, 1710). Accessed 3 February 2021
- ^ 74-80; Letters of Bristol, Poole, Bideford, Dartmouth, Weymouth, Fowey, and Barnestaple mayors to Council of Trade and Plantations (January 28–31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
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