1710 in Canada
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Events from the year 1710 in Canada.
Incumbents[]
- French Monarch: Louis XIV
- British and Irish Monarch: Anne
Governors[]
- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase
- Governor of Nova Scotia: Samuel Vetch
- Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle
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[]
- October 7 - François-Josué de la Corne Dubreuil, a soldier and trader. (died 1753)
- July 23 - Jonathan Belcher, lawyer, chief justice, and lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia (died 1776)
Deaths[]
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Historical documents[]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[]
- ^ "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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