A history of the United States for schools . na-diantfrom ^^^^ ^f taking the oath of allegiance to Georgetheir J J qj- being removed from their country. More homes. ° -^ than 6,000 people who refused the oath were,accordingly, removed and distributed among the Englishcolonies. The removal was attended with much suffer-ing, but was felt to be a needful military of the exiles found their way to Louisiana, andhave left numerous descendants in that state. 74. The Fourth War between France and defeat of Braddock and the removal of the Acadiansoccurred before war between Fra
A history of the United States for schools . na-diantfrom ^^^^ ^f taking the oath of allegiance to Georgetheir J J qj- being removed from their country. More homes. ° -^ than 6,000 people who refused the oath were,accordingly, removed and distributed among the Englishcolonies. The removal was attended with much suffer-ing, but was felt to be a needful military of the exiles found their way to Louisiana, andhave left numerous descendants in that state. 74. The Fourth War between France and defeat of Braddock and the removal of the Acadiansoccurred before war between France and Great Britain §74- OVERTHROW OF NEW FRANCE. 171 was actually declared. The war which ensued, from1756 to 1763, and which is known as the Seven YearsWar, covered a large part of the earths surface. ^^ ^ . . . The Seven France combined with Austria and Russia in Years , _ . War. the attempt to conquer Prussia, which was then a small kingdom. But Frederick the Great, king of Prussia, proved himself in this war one of the greatest. WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF generals that ever lived. England came to his aid, andthe enemies of England and Prussia were terribly de-feated. On Englands part, the war was managed by oneof the greatest statesmen the world has ever seen, the 1 From the National Portrait Gallery, a publication issued in Philadel-phia in the early part of this century. 1/2 COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA. Ch. IX Johnsonsdefense ofthe NewYork fron-tier in1755. elder William Pitt, afterward Earl of Chatham. By hisfirm support of Prussia, Pitt kept the main strength ofFrance busily engaged in Europe, while English fleetsattacked her on the ocean, and English armies drove hernot only from America, but also from India, where shehad also gained a foothold. In America, the defeat of Braddock was not a cheerfulopening of the war for the English. Further misfortunesfollowed it. On the New York frontier, theEnglish cause was sustained by Sir WilliamJohnson, an Irishman wh
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