Chapter I: French Explorers in North America 241

The English Settlements 243

Predominance of Massachusetts in the North 244

New York Captured by the British 245

French Explorations in the West 246

Their Design to confine the British to a strip of the
Sea-board 246

Governor Dongan; the Iroquois 248

French and English Settlers and Military Systems 249

English Regular Troops in America 251

The War of 1689; Peril of New York 251

Failure of the Colonial Counterstroke on Canada 252

Massachusetts appeals to England for help 252

War of the Spanish Succession; Colonial Operations 254

Capture of Nova Scotia; British failure before Quebec 255

The Building of Louisburg 256

French Forts at Crown Point and Niagara 257

Colonial Apathy 257

War of the Austrian Succession; Colonists Capture Louisburg 257

Projected Operations for 1746 259

Neglect of America by Newcastle's Government 260

CHAPTER II

Reduction of the Army at Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle 261

Foundation of Halifax 262

British and French on the Ohio 263

Obstinacy of the Virginian Assembly 264

Washington's Mission; Apathy of the Colonies 265

Washington's First Skirmish with the French 266

Continued Apathy of the Colonies 267

General Braddock sent from England 268

His difficulties and their Causes 270

Boscawen's Action with French Ships; War inevitable 272

Braddock's March to the Monongahela 273

Dispositions of the French 274

Action of the Monongahela 275

Braddock and the School of Cumberland 278