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Iroquois incursion
Iroquois incursion into French terrritory or allies.The Beaver Wars, also sometimes called the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars, commonly refers to a series of conflicts fought in the 17th century in eastern North America. Encouraged and armed by their Dutch and English trading partners, the Iroquois sought to expand their territory and monopolize the fur trade and the trade between European markets and the tribes of the western Great Lakes region. -
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The great peace of Montréal
This treaty is finally signed between the French and the Iroquois which allows the development of new parishes and villages on Montréal. -
Settling and dissapearing
The fact that the French chose to colonize along the Bay of Fundy marshlands and the St Lawrence Valley, from which the original Iroquoians were had disappeared meant that no Aboriginal people were displaced to make way for the colonists. -
Treaty of Utrecht
The escalation of tensions between the French and English over control of the fur trade in North America led to the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht. Under the terms of the treaty, France retained access to Cape Breton Island, the St Lawrence Islands and fishing rights off Newfoundland but sended Acadia (Nova Scotia) to the British and recognized British jurisdiction over the northern territory of Rupert"s Land and the island of Newfoundland. -
New Orleans found
Founding of Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans). -
Fire in Montréal
A terrible fire in Montréal destroys 46 houses and an old historical church. A young black slave called Marie-Joseph-Angélique is found guilty and is hanged. After this disaster, the intendant Bégon orders that all houses will from now on be built of stone. -
Metisage
Louis XV forbade most mixed marriages. -
Conferences
Governor La Galissonière and Intendant Bigot reaffirmed that "these Indians claim to be and in effect are independent of all nations, and their lands incontestably belong to them." -
Treaty of Oswegatchie
Treaty of Oswegatchie, negotiated by Sir William Johnson, at Fort Lévis and reaffirmed at Kahnawake on 15-16 September 1760. These two treaties set out the terms for British protection of the interest of the Seven Nations and for the peaceful colonial occupation of their lands. -
Treaty of Paris
France and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris. The treaty outlined the conditions of the capitulation, which involved a series of land exchanges in which France handed over their control of New France to the English.
