The History of Canada: From Its First Discovery to the Present Time

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McMullen & Company, 1868 - 613 pages
 

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Arrival in Canada of MontcalmHe prepares for war
127
Colonel Munroe surrenders
133
their retreat
139
Amherst appointed commanderinchief in America by Pitt
145
The French under De Aubrey attempt to raise the siege and are defeated
151
The British ascend to the Plains of Abraham
168
Death of Montcalm
175
De Levi commences the siege the arrival of reinforcements to the British
181
Amherst captures the French fort at Ogdensburg
183
Vast territory ceded to Great Britain
190
The British inhabitants desire a House of Assembly
197
The Inhabitants refuse to serve as militiaThe Americans advance
203
They are driven out of Canada
209
Lord Dorchester again appointed Governor 1786
215
General Prescott appointed Governor 1796
222
The Canadian newspaper is suppressed and persons imprisoned
229
selects Toronto for his capital
236
political parties in Upper Canada
243
Administration of Mr Gore 1806He attaches himself to the Family
245
Sir George Prevost becomes Governorinchief
257
The Americans carry Queenston Heights
264
CHAPTER XIV
270
Fort George captured by the AmericansProctor defeats the Americans
276
Operations of the fleets on Lake Ontario
282
Americans defeated at Chryslers Farm
290
Close of the campaign of 1813
298
the British defeated
304
The British under Drummond besiege Fort Erie
311
A large part of Maine captured by the British
312
CHAPTER XVI
318
Abortive attempt of the Americans to recapture Mackinaw
321
Lord Dalhousie becomes Governorinchief 1820
324
False colonial policy of British ministers
333
First agitation against the Clergy Reserves 1817
339
Political condition
342
Robert Gourlay is tried for libel and acquitted
345
his biography
353

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