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1710 in Canada

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Events from the year 1710 in Canada.

Incumbents

Governors

Events

  • The English recapture Acadia, this time permanently, and rename it Nova Scotia.
  • Francis Nicholson captures Port Royal for England.
  • The English take Port Royal and name it Annapolis Royal.
  • Three Mohawk chiefs and one Mahican are received in Queen Anne's court in England as the Four Kings of the New World.

Births

Historical Documents

Squadron of Royal Navy ships and transports with 2,000 troops takes Port Royal from French garrison[1]

Speaking to Queen Anne in London, Mohican and Kanien’kéhà:ka chiefs request conquest of Canada for their better hunting and trade[2]

Haudenosaunee "inconstant in their Tempers, crafty, timorous, but quick of Apprehension, and very ingenious in their Way" (Note: stereotypes)[3]

Governor Dudley says taking Canada and Nova Scotia will capture naval stores trade entirely and safeguard inland settlement[4]

Argument for autumn offensive against Canada includes benefits of fairer winds and higher (but still ice-free) water[5]

Detailed list of armaments and personnel in Canada from Riviere du Loup to Cataraqui on Lake Ontario[6]

"A malignant fever[...]was very general both in Quebec and in the surrounding country [and] carried off a vast number of persons"[7]

France has encroached on Newfoundland trade to point that "their riches and naval power[...]make all Europe stand in fear of them"[8]

Newfoundlanders' work in fishery and demand for goods is strong, but conditions "very deplorable" from lack of protection from French[9]

Geography of Ferryland, Newfoundland makes it excellent prospect for fortification to protect "every ship, stage, house and storehouse"[10]

Mayors of English towns report how many ships will go to Newfoundland this year, and how much Royal Navy protection will be needed[11]

References

  1. ^ "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 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32416/897?r=0&s=3
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "Chap. I; A Description of the Country of Canada," The Four Kings of Canada (1710), pgs. 8-11. Accessed 8 February 2021 https://archive.org/details/fourkingsofcanad00lond/page/n15/mode/2up
  4. ^ "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 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34
  5. ^ "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 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp108-122
  6. ^ "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 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp326-331
  7. ^ "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")
  8. ^ "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 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp102-107
  9. ^ "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 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34
  10. ^ "The Memorial of Archibald Cumings in Relation to the fortifying of Ferryland[...]" (February 1, 1710). Accessed 3 February 2021 https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/archibald-cumings-memorial-1710.php
  11. ^ 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 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34
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