Excerpt from A Canadian History: For Boys and Girls The history Of Canada, from the close Of the six teenth century to the year 1760, is the story Of a long struggle between the French and English for the posses sion of a great part Of this continent. It became more intense as the colonies Of the rival nations grew stronger, and it was embittered by the quarrels Of the Mother countries in the Old World, and by the plan, followed alike by French and English, of using the warlike Indians as a weapon against their foes. The ...
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Excerpt from A Canadian History: For Boys and Girls The history Of Canada, from the close Of the six teenth century to the year 1760, is the story Of a long struggle between the French and English for the posses sion of a great part Of this continent. It became more intense as the colonies Of the rival nations grew stronger, and it was embittered by the quarrels Of the Mother countries in the Old World, and by the plan, followed alike by French and English, of using the warlike Indians as a weapon against their foes. The Indians were gradually driven northward and westward, and became Of less importance as constant warfare drained away their strength, and the number Of the Europeans in America increased. The rivalry Of France and Eng land is, therefore, the great central fact round which are grouped all the lesser incidents Of the story Of Canada, from the founding of Quebec in 1608 to the surrender of Montreal a century and a half later. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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