the cambridge history of the british empire

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Henry Dodwell
CUP Archive, 1929 - Great Britain

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Contents

CHAPTER I
1
The Cordillera
7
Relations of the Aborigines to the Settlers
13
Early French Explorations
19
Champlain on the St Lawrence
25
Champlain returns to Canada
31
The Council of Quebec
37
The Iroquois Menace
43
Delay in the Maritime Provinces
459
EXPANSION OF THE DOMINION ΤΟ 1880
463
I COMMUNICATIONS
465
The Great Coalition and the North West
469
Attitude of British Columbia and Prince Edward Island
475
The Difficulties of Macdonald
481
The Work of Mackenzie and Blake
487
Divide et Impera
493

Unpropitious Beginnings
49
La Barres Failings
57
The Lachine Massacre
59
The Canadian Parish
65
CHAPTER IV
78
The Conquest of Nova Scotia
85
The Disputes over Acadia
91
Braddocks Defeat
97
The Repulse at Ticonderoga
105
Wolfe and the Brigadiers Proposal
111
The Conquest completed
117
Abortive Schemes for Colonisation
127
Suggested Removal of the Colonists
133
Beginnings of Organised Government
139
The Military Regime and the English Minority
151
The Tribulations of Governor Murray
157
The Necessity for a new Constitution
163
Legislature
169
Conditions in Quebec
175
Arnolds Retreat from Canada
181
The Treaty of Peace and the Loyalists
187
The Government and the Loyalists
193
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA UNDER REPRE
201
Origin of Parties in Upper Canada
207
Social Life in Nova Scotia
213
Maritime Rights
221
Brock in Upper Canada
227
The Restoration of Peace
233
Public Finance a Constitutional Issue
239
Rejection of the Howick Act of 1831
245
B UPPER CANADA 18151837
251
Problems of Communication
257
Gourlay and the Beginnings of Reform
263
The Rebellion of 1837 and its Sequel
269
Moderation and Harmony
275
Howe and the Issue in Nova Scotia
281
CHAPTER XI
287
Durhams Achievements
293
Durhams Defence
299
Fox and Colonial SelfGovernment
305
CHAPTER XVI
308
Charles Poulett Thomson Lord Sydenham
311
The Crisis of September 1842
317
End of the First Union Parliament
321
Discontents in 1849
327
CHAPTER XIII
333
Prosperity and its Reckoning
339
Constitutional Solutions
345
Reformers in Office
351
Responsible Government in Nova Scotia
357
Reciprocity and its Effects
363
CHAPTER XV
369
Support by British Banking Firms
375
Competition of American Routes
381
Reciprocity with the United States
387
Denunciation of the Treaty
393
La Vérendryes Explorations
397
Overland to the Western Sea
403
Rival Western FurTraders
409
The Selkirk Colony
415
Progress of British Columbia
421
Distress in 18151818
427
Indignation over French Claims
433
CHAPTER XXII
437
Union advocated in the Provinces
441
The Civil War in the United States
447
The Charlottetown Conference
453
Blake as Liberal Leader
499
The Abbott Administration
505
The Ministry of all the Talents
511
The Railway Problem
517
THE SETTLEMENT OF THE PRAIRIES 18671914
521
NonBritish Settlements
527
The Early Problems of Manitoba
533
The Gain of Responsible Government
539
The Growth of Law and Order
545
Adjustment of Difficulties with Canada
553
The Claim for Better Terms
559
Treatment of the Aborigines
565
Ву W Т ЈАСKMAN M A Professor of Economics
568
Donald Smith
571
The North West Mounted Police
577
Development of Highways
581
Canal Projects
587
The Government takes over the Grand Trunk
593
Crop Improvement
599
Fruit and Vegetables
605
Manufactures
611
Progress in Mining
617
CHAPTER V
621
Water Power Consolidation of Firms
623
THE CONSTITUTION AND ITS WORKING
625
Banking Problems
629
The Relapse in and after 1912
635
Population and Banking Sales
641
The Opening of the Fisheries
643
The Depression of the Seventies
647
The British Preferential Tariff
653
THE MARITIME PROVINCES
659
Mining
665
The Struggle against adverse Conditions
671
The Commercial Crisis of 1894
677
The Toll and Burden of War
683
The Distribution of Legislative Powers
686
Provincial Second Chambers
693
The Office of LieutenantGovernor
699
Development of an Imperial Organisation
705
The Conference of Prime Ministers
711
The South African
719
Canadas Relation to Foreign Powers
725
Representation at the Peace Conference
731
Durability of Autonomous Rights
737
Parliament faces the
743
MidWar Problems
749
Canadas Hundred Days
755
The Unionist Government
759
Canadas Relations to the Empire
765
CHAPTER XXXIII
771
French National Sentiment
777
Regionalism Early Education
783
Schools in the Maritime Provinces
791
51
793
Higher Education in Upper Canada
797
498
803
Architecture Music
809
53
814
505
819
PAGE
881
INDEX
887
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