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Events from the year 1720 in Canada.
Incumbents
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett
- Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill
Events
- 1720-60 - The Chickasaw fight the French and the Choctaw in the Southeast.
- c. 1720: French forts along the Mississippi River spread northward from New Orleans.
- To compensate for their loss, the French build a fortress at Louisbourg on the southeast tip of Cape Breton Island.
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Historical documents
"A Hundred Pieces of Cannon fired together" - Ship crossing Grand Banks draws St. Elmo's Fire before fierce lightning storm[3]
St. John's merchants include "litle pedlers" who reduce indebted planters "to a servant, and soon after to slavery for life"[4]
Extensive piracy is committed in Newfoundland's Trepassey and St. Mary's harbours because road for sending help still not built[5]
Newfoundlander William Keen requests full judicial authority to address "evills and outrages dayly committed in this place"[6]
Nova Scotia governor urges Acadians to take oath of allegiance to King, who has preserved their civil and religious rights[7]
Acadians residing in Nova Scotia appeal to Île-Royale (Cape Breton Island) leader for advice and assistance[8]
"Demands we cannot agree to" - Acadians tell Governor Philipps they cannot take oath because they fear "savages" will retaliate[9]
Nova Scotia described in its mineral and agricultural potential, its settlements and people (Note: "savage" and other racial stereotypes)[10]
References
- ^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- ^ Gibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10538. Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).
- ^ Pierre-F.-X. de Charlevoix, "Letter I; A Storm" (September 24, 1720), Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres (London, 1763), pgs. 4-5. Accessed 28 December 2020
- ^ "260i Commodore Percy to Council of Trade and Plantations; Answers to Heads of Enquiry relating to Trade and Fishery of Newfoundland" (October 13, 1720), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 32, 1720-1721. Accessed 18 December 2020
- ^ "281i Lt. Governor Gledhill to Council of Trade and Plantations" (Placentia, July 3, 1720), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 32, 1720-1721. Accessed 18 December 2020
- ^ 331 Keen to Board of Trade secretary (St. John's, December 24, 1720), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 32, 1720-1721. Accessed 18 December 2020
- ^ Richard Philipps, "To the Inhabitants of Menis and Places Adjacent" (April 28, 1720), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 21-2. Accessed 21 December 2020
- ^ "Letter of the inhabitants of Acadie to Mr. St. Ovide(....)" (translation; May 6, 1720), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 25-6. Accessed 21 December 2020
- ^ "Letter from the inhabitants of Mines to Mr. Philipps(....)" (translation; May 1720), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 28-9. Accessed 21 December 2020
- ^ Paul Mascarene, "Description of Nova Scotia" (1720), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 39-49. Accessed 21 December 2020
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