The Rise Of Canada From Barbarism To Wealth And Civilisation Vo

General Prevost was the very opposite of Sir James Craig. While the latter considered force the only practical persuasive, the former looked upon persuasion as more practicable...

For some years after the conquest, the form of government was purely military. It was, indeed, only in 1774, that two Acts were passed by the British government, one with the vi...

It was in the character of Administrator-in-Chief that Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Drummond assumed the government of Lower Canada, on the 5th of April, 1816. The army bills w...

There have been many attempts to discover a northwest passage to the East Indies or China. Some of these attempts have been disastrous, but none fruitless. They have all led to...

The Canadians had, during the administration of Governor Craig, earnestly pursued Junius' advice to the English nation. They had never, under the most trying circumstances, suff...

Drummond Administrator-in-chief 313 The Roads--The Inhabitants 314 The French Canadian character 315 Parliament--Waterloo 316 "My Native City" 317 The Assembly Censured 318 Diss...

Sir George Prevost 166 Opening of Parliament 167 Embodiment of the Militia 168 Declaration of War by the United States 169 The Henry Plot 170 Henry's Treachery 171 The American...

Representation in the Imperial Parliament 59 Montgomery's Invasion 60 Arnold--Montgomery--Allen 61 The American Siege--Death of Montgomery 62 Independence Refused by the Catholi...

Canada Discovered 4 Cartier's Arrival in the St. Lawrence 5 Commencement of the Fur Trade 6 Quebec Founded 7 Exploration of the Ottawa 8 The Cold--Lake Huron 9 Sixty White Inhab...

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