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Louisburg Expedition
LOUISBURG EXPEDITIONLOUISBURG EXPEDITION. Louisburg, a French fortress and naval station on Cape Breton Island, threatened British dominance in the North Atlantic. New Englanders especially resented attacks by pirates and privateers on their commerce and fishing. Knowing that France had neglected the settlement, Massachusetts governor William Shirley organized regional support for an attack on the fortress in the spring of 1745. Colonists, joined by British naval ships, captured the settlement on 15 June 1745. The colonists held Louisburg despite ill-fated attempts at recapture and were embittered when, by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle of 1748, England sacrificed Louisburg for Madras, although England's financial reimbursement to Massachusetts energized its flagging economy. BIBLIOGRAPHYAnderson, Fred. A People's Army: Massachusetts Soldiers and Society in the Seven Years' War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1984. Leckie, Robert. A Few Acres of Snow: The Saga of the French and Indian Wars. New York: Wiley, 1999. Sosin, Jack M. "Louisburg and the Peace of Aix-la-Chappelle, 1748." William and Mary Quarterly 14 (1957): 516–535. Raymond P.Stearns/t. d. See alsoAix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of ; French and Indian War ; King George's War . |
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"Louisburg Expedition." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Louisburg Expedition." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401802442.html "Louisburg Expedition." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401802442.html |
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Louisbourg Siege
Louisbourg Siege ˈlōōisˌbərg ˈsēj also Louisburg the besieging of Louisbourg fortress at Cape Breton Island in 1745. It was a response to the renewed Anglo-French War in 1744 and included 4,000 New England volunteers, led by William Pepperell and supported by Peter Warren's British naval squadron. On April 30, Pepperell landed his men at Gabrus Bay, and on May 3, the colonials captured the French Royal Battery of thirty cannon. On June 15, the colonials forced Louisbourg to surrender and intercepted the vessels of the French fleet as they arrived. Won primarily through the efforts of the colonials, it was the first important English victory in America. The colonists felt betrayed when England returned Louisbourg to France at the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748).
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"Louisbourg Siege." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Louisbourg Siege." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-LouisbourgSiege.html "Louisbourg Siege." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-LouisbourgSiege.html |
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Louisbourg
Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island was the keystone of 18th-cent. French strategy in the North Atlantic. Massive fortifications were commenced in 1719–20, and completed shortly before a British and American colonial force captured the ‘Dunkirk of North America’ in 1745. Restored to France in 1748, Louisbourg was a thriving fishing and trading port as well as the key to the French colony in the St Lawrence valley. Captured again after heavy bombardment in 1758, Louisbourg was razed by the British in 1760. Since 1961, the fortress has been partly rebuilt as a regional development and heritage project.
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JOHN CANNON. "Louisbourg." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Louisbourg." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Louisbourg.html JOHN CANNON. "Louisbourg." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Louisbourg.html |
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Louisbourg
Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island was the keystone of 18th‐cent. French strategy in the North Atlantic. Massive fortifications were commenced in 1719–20, and completed shortly before a British and American colonial force captured it in 1745. Restored to France in 1748, it was again captured after heavy bombardment in 1758, and razed by the British in 1760.
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JOHN CANNON. "Louisbourg." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Louisbourg." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Louisbourg.html JOHN CANNON. "Louisbourg." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Louisbourg.html |
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Louisbourg
Louisbourg, Nova Scotia/Canada Louisburg Founded in 1713 by French settlers and named after Louis XIV the Sun King†.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Louisbourg." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Louisbourg." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Louisbourg.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Louisbourg." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Louisbourg.html |
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