1710 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1710 in Canada.

Incumbents

Louis XIV[1]

Anne[2]

Governors

Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil[3]

Daniel d'Auger de Subercase[4]

Samuel Vetch[5]

Philippe Pastour de Costebelle[6]

Events

Births

Historical documents

Squadron of Royal Navy ships and transports with 2,000 troops takes Port Royal from French garrison[13]

Speaking to Queen Anne in London, Mohican and Kanien’kéhà:ka chiefs request conquest of Canada for their better hunting and trade[14]

Haudenosaunee "inconstant in their Tempers, crafty, timorous, but quick of Apprehension, and very ingenious in their Way" (Note: stereotypes)[15]

Governor Dudley says taking Canada and Nova Scotia will capture naval stores trade entirely and safeguard inland settlement[16]

Argument for autumn offensive against Canada includes benefits of fairer winds and higher (but still ice-free) water[17]

Detailed list of armaments and personnel in Canada from Riviere du Loup to Cataraqui on Lake Ontario[18]

"A malignant fever[...]was very general both in Quebec and in the surrounding country [and] carried off a vast number of persons"[19]

France has encroached on Newfoundland trade to point that "their riches and naval power[...]make all Europe stand in fear of them"[20]

Newfoundlanders' work in fishery and demand for goods is strong, but conditions "very deplorable" from lack of protection from French[21]

Geography of Ferryland, Newfoundland makes it excellent prospect for fortification to protect "every ship, stage, house and storehouse"[22]

Mayors of English towns report how many ships will go to Newfoundland this year, and how much Royal Navy protection will be needed[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences . 2023-02-07 . history.as.uky.edu.
  2. Emson . H. E. . 1992 . For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne . BMJ: British Medical Journal . 304 . 6838 . 1365–1366 . 0959-8138.
  3. Web site: BAnQ numérique . 2023-02-07 . numerique.banq.qc.ca . fr.
  4. Web site: Biography – PASTOUR DE COSTEBELLE, PHILIPPE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-02-07 . www.biographi.ca.
  5. Book: Peter Hume Brown . History of Scotland to the Present Time . 1911 . The University Press . University of Michigan . English.
  6. Web site: Biography – AUGER DE SUBERCASE, DANIEL D’ – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-02-07 . www.biographi.ca.
  7. Book: Reid, John G. . The 'Conquest' of Acadia, 1710: Imperial, Colonial, and Aboriginal Constructions . Basque . Maurice . Mancke . Elizabeth . Moody . Barry . Plank . Geoffrey . Wicken . William . 2004 . University of Toronto Press . 978-0-8020-8538-2 . 10.3138/9781442680883.
  8. Web site: 1710 Detail, Siege of Port Royals by the English Succeeds, Pre-Revolution Timeline 1700s - America's Best History . 2023-02-21 . americasbesthistory.com.
  9. Web site: History of Nova Scotia; Acadia, Bk.1, Port Royal and The English Takeover: 1690-1712; Part 2; Ch. 3, Phips and the Taking of Port Royal (1690). . 2023-02-21 . www.blupete.com.
  10. Web site: MonkEL . 2009-01-13 . Closing Exhibition: Four Indian Kings . 2023-02-21 . npg.si.edu . en.
  11. Oury . Guy-M. . 1990 . Une famille canadienne dans la tourmente révolutionnaire : le Chevalier de la Corne . Les Cahiers des dix . fr . 45 . 67–94 . 10.7202/1015569ar . 0575-089X. free .
  12. Book: AMERICAN CANADIAN COLONIAL.
  13. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32416/897?r=0&s=3 "The Expedition against Port Royal"
  14. "194 The Four Indian Kings' Speech to the Queen" (April 20, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 2 February 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp68-84Also at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/The_Four_Indian_Kings_Speech_To_Her_Majesty.png
  15. https://archive.org/details/fourkingsofcanad00lond/page/n15/mode/2up "Chap. I; A Description of the Country of Canada"
  16. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34 "81 Governor Dudley to the Council of Trade and Plantations"
  17. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp108-122 "290 Mr. Dummer to (the Earl of Dartmouth?)"
  18. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp326-331 "569 A View of Canada taken by Major John Livingston, with accot. of fortifications and number of men"
  19. "April and May, 1710," Extracts from the Journal of the Jesuits from the year 1710 to 1755, The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 3 February 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to "malignant")
  20. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp102-107 "250 i Considerations on the Trade to Newfoundland"
  21. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34 "85 Mr. Campbell to the Council of Trade and Plantations"
  22. https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/archibald-cumings-memorial-1710.php "The Memorial of Archibald Cumings in Relation to the fortifying of Ferryland(...)"
  23. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34 74-80; Letters of Bristol, Poole, Bideford, Dartmouth, Weymouth, Fowey, and Barnestaple mayors to Council of Trade and Plantations

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