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قراءة كتاب The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1
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The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1
الصفحة رقم: 1
"Entered according to Act of the Provincial Legislature,
for the Protection of Copy-rights, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six, by P. Sinclair, Quebec, in
the Office of the Registrar of the Province of Canada."
THE RISE
OF
CANADA,
FROM
BARBARISM
TO
WEALTH AND CIVILISATION.
BY
CHARLES ROGER,
QUEBEC.
Una manus calamum teneat, manus altera ferrum,
Sic sis nominibus dignus utrinque tuis.
VOLUME I.
QUEBEC: PETER SINCLAIR.
Montreal, H. Ramsay and B. Dawson; Toronto, A. H. Armour & Co.; London,
C. W., Andrews & Coombe; Port Hope, James Ainsley; New York,
H. Long & Brothers, D. Appleton & Co., J. C. Francis;
Boston, Little & Brown; Philadelphia, Lindsay &
Blakiston; London, Trubner & Co.
1856.
ST. MICHEL & DARVEAU, JOB PRINTERS,
No. 3, Mountain Street.
TO
JOSEPH MORRIN, ESQUIRE, M. D.,
MAYOR OF QUEBEC,
IS DEDICATED, AS THE ONLY MONUMENT, WHICH CAN BE RAISED
TO ACKNOWLEDGED WORTH,
BY HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL
FRIEND AND SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.
INDEX.
| PAGE. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
|---|---|
| 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 Inhabitants | 10 |
| The First Franco-Canadian | 11 |
| The Colonists Dissatisfied | 12 |
| The Hundred Associates | 13 |
| Quebec Surrendered to the English | 14 |
| The Restoration—Death of Champlain | 15 |
| The Massacre at Sillery | 16 |
| The Effect of Rum upon the Iroquois | 17 |
| Arrival of Troops—A Moon-Light Flitting | 18 |
| Swearing and Blasphemy—The Earthquake | 19 |
| The Physical Features of the Country | 20 |
| The First Governor and Council | 21 |
| First Settlement of old Soldiers | 22 |
| The Canada Company | 23 |
| Kingston Founded | 24 |
| The Small Pox—De Frontenac—Sale of Spirits | 25 |
| Marquette—Jollyet—The Sieur La Salle | 26 |
| The First Vessel Built in Canada | 27 |
| Voyage of the Cataraqui—Tempest on Lake Erie | 28 |
| Mouths of the Mississippi—Murder of La Salle | 29 |
| Indian Difficulties—Fort Niagara | 30 |
| Deception and its Results | 31 |
| Massacre of Schenectady | 32 |
| Education—Witchcraft | 33 |
| Port Royal reduced by Phipps | 34 |
| De Frontenac's Penobscot Expedition | 35 |
| Trade—War—Population | 36 |
| New England Expedition to Canada | 37 |
| Gen. Nicholson—Peace of Utrecht | 38 |
| Social Condition and Progress | 39 |
| Louisbourg—Shirley's Expedition | 40 |
| Siege of Louisbourg | 41 |
| Surrender of Louisbourg | 42 |
| A French Fleet Intercepted | 43 |
| The New Englanders' Convention | 44 |
| Surprise and Defeat of Braddock | 45 |
| Avariciousness of Bigot | 46 |
| Capture of Oswego by Montcalm | 47 |
| Incompetent Generals—Change of Ministry | 48 |
| Abercrombie's attack on Ticonderoga | 49 |
| Surrender of Fort Frontenac | 50 |
| Wolfe's Invasion | 51 |
| The Repulse at Montmorenci | 52 |
| The Battle of Quebec | 53 |
| Death of Wolfe | 54 |
| Death of Montcalm | 55 |
| Canada ceded to England | 56 |
| Canada and New England | 57 |
| Quebec Act—Taxation without Representation | 58 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| 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 Catholic Clergy | 63 |
| The American Siege Raised | |