. The child's book of England. master of the Indians. Fortunately forEngland she had in India, at that time, a veryclever soldier called Robert Clive, and thanksto the victories that he won over the French,the power of France in India was destroyed. At the same time as the English were fightingthe French for the mastery of India, they werealso fighting the French for the mastery ofCanada. Both Englishmen and Frenchmenhad crossed the Atlantic Ocean to make newhomes for themselves in Canada, but insteadof living peacefully together, they were alwaysquarrelling, and at last they began to fight to
. The child's book of England. master of the Indians. Fortunately forEngland she had in India, at that time, a veryclever soldier called Robert Clive, and thanksto the victories that he won over the French,the power of France in India was destroyed. At the same time as the English were fightingthe French for the mastery of India, they werealso fighting the French for the mastery ofCanada. Both Englishmen and Frenchmenhad crossed the Atlantic Ocean to make newhomes for themselves in Canada, but insteadof living peacefully together, they were alwaysquarrelling, and at last they began to fight todecide whether Canada should be ruled bythe French king or the English king. Bothsides had made friends with different tribesof Red Indians, and when the fighting begansome of the Red Indians fought for the Englishand others for the French. The French wereled by a splendid general called Montcalm,and the English were led by a brave generalcalled Wolfe, and the quarrel was finallydecided at a battle fought at the Heights of 162. o .s THE FIRST THREE GEORGES Abraham outside the town of Quebec. TheEnghsh won the battle and the French wereafterwards forced to take away all their soldiersfrom Canada, and to agree that Canada shouldbe English. Unhappily, General Wolfe waskilled by a bullet that pierced his breast justat the moment of victory. * The French arerunning, said one of his officers to the dyinggeneral. *^ Then, said Wolfe, ** I die the French soldiers in Canada wentback to France, the Frenchmen who had settledwith their families on the land, and had builtthemselves cottages and ploughed the fields,went on living and working in the country,and they have stayed there to this day, quitecontent to be living in an English Dominionand at peace with their English-speakingneighbours. These people are called FrenchCanadians, and when the Great War began,thousands of them came across the Atlanticwith the Canadian army to fight with theFrench and the English against the
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