The European invasion of North America : colonial conflict along the Hudson-Champlain corridor, 1609-1760

Laramie, Michael G.

Book 2012

"This comprehensive resource follows the pivotal and often overlooked efforts of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Dutch, the French, and the English colonies to control the strategic waterways of the Hudson-Champlain corridor from their discovery to the fall of New France"

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Canada History To 1763 (New France)

Champlain, Lake, Region History

France Colonies History

Great Britain Colonies America History

Haudenosaunee History

Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) History

Indigenous peoples North America History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Netherlands Colonies History

New York (State) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Québec (Province) History

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ISBN:

9780313397370
0313397376

Description:

xii, 567 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-555) and index

Contents:

The first volley
The long storm
The king's men
Courcelle's folly
The Mohawks at bay
The New Netherlands
Toil, turmoil, and defeat
New York
The burning of Schenectady
To the gates of Montreal
The Mohawk expedition
Queen Anne's War
A chain of forts
The scourge of scalp point
Stalemate and skirmish
'A most favorable opportunity'
The bloody morning scout
The Battle of Lake George
No advance : no retreat
Fort Vaudreuil
'Our wisdom is be come folly, our councils confusion'
The partisan war
Rigaud's expedition
Fort William Henry
Siege
'Relief is greatly wanted'
Tainted victory
The French zenith
'An irruption into Canada'
An impossible task
'Never (a) ball had a more deadly direction'
The Heights of Carillon
The Battle of Ticonderoga
Mr. Nabbercromby's army
Amherst
A reversal of fortune
Iron men and wooden ships
'The total reduction of Canada'
The old invasion route

LCCN:

2011050352

Control Number:

858174

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