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Events from the year 1720 in Canada.
Incumbents
- French Monarch: Louis XV
- British and Irish Monarch: George I
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett
- Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill
Events
- 1720-60 - The Chickasaw fight the French and the Choctaw in the Southeast.
- c. 1720: French forts along the Mississippi River spread northward from New Orleans.
- To compensate for their loss, the French build a fortress at Louisbourg on the southeast tip of Cape Breton Island.
Historical Documents
"A Hundred Pieces of Cannon fired together" - Ship crossing Grand Banks draws St. Elmo's Fire before fierce lightning storm[1]
St. John's merchants include "litle pedlers" who reduce indebted planters "to a servant, and soon after to slavery for life"[2]
Extensive piracy is committed in Newfoundland's Trepassey and St. Mary's harbours because road for sending help still not built[3]
Newfoundlander William Keen requests full judicial authority to address "evills and outrages dayly committed in this place"[4]
Nova Scotia governor urges Acadians to take oath of allegiance to King, who has preserved their civil and religious rights[5]
Acadians residing in Nova Scotia appeal to Île-Royale (Cape Breton Island) leader for advice and assistance[6]
"Demands we cannot agree to" - Acadians tell Governor Philipps they cannot take oath because they fear "savages" will retaliate[7]
Nova Scotia described in its mineral and agricultural potential, its settlements and people (Note: "savage" and other racial stereotypes)[8]
References
- ^ Pierre-F.-X. de Charlevoix, "Letter I; A Storm" (September 24, 1720), Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres (London, 1763), pgs. 4-5. Accessed 28 December 2020 https://archive.org/details/letterstodutches00char/page/4/mode/2up
- ^ "260i Commodore Percy to Council of Trade and Plantations; Answers to Heads of Enquiry relating to Trade and Fishery of Newfoundland" (October 13, 1720), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 32, 1720-1721. Accessed 18 December 2020 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol32/pp165-187
- ^ "281i Lt. Governor Gledhill to Council of Trade and Plantations" (Placentia, July 3, 1720), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 32, 1720-1721. Accessed 18 December 2020 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol32/pp187-195
- ^ 331 Keen to Board of Trade secretary (St. John's, December 24, 1720), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 32, 1720-1721. Accessed 18 December 2020 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol32/pp212-228
- ^ Richard Philipps, "To the Inhabitants of Menis and Places Adjacent" (April 28, 1720), Nova Scotia Documents, pgs. 21-2. Accessed 21 December 2020 https://archives.novascotia.ca/deportation/archives/?Number=ONEI&Page=21
- ^ "Letter of the inhabitants of Acadie to Mr. St. Ovide[....]" (translation; May 6, 1720), Nova Scotia Documents, pgs. 25-6. Accessed 21 December 2020 https://archives.novascotia.ca/deportation/archives/?Number=ONEI&Page=25
- ^ "Letter from the inhabitants of Mines to Mr. Philipps[....]" (translation; May 1720), Nova Scotia Documents, pgs. 28-9. Accessed 21 December 2020 https://archives.novascotia.ca/deportation/archives/?Number=ONEI&Page=28
- ^ Paul Mascarene, "Description of Nova Scotia" (1720), Nova Scotia Documents, pgs. 39-49. Accessed 21 December 2020 https://archives.novascotia.ca/deportation/archives/?Number=ONEI&Page=39