. American history:. r American possessions. ^William Shirley, 1713. a At Ports- moulh. July ^4, 1713. I Only events of interest that occurred in Mcuisachu- aettn during the nextthirty years. \). Shutc, Burnett, and Btilchei. 2. How thecontroversywas settled. 1744. 3. Origin of KingGeorges war. c. Wur de- cliirud by Franco 15th Muroli, by O. Urituin AprU 9lh. 4. Louiabv/rg. 5 Proposal tocaplun it. * Louishurg is on the S. E. side of the Island of Cape Breton. Id has an excellent harbor, ofTery deep water, nearly six miles in length, but frozen during the winter. After the capture ofLouisburg i
. American history:. r American possessions. ^William Shirley, 1713. a At Ports- moulh. July ^4, 1713. I Only events of interest that occurred in Mcuisachu- aettn during the nextthirty years. \). Shutc, Burnett, and Btilchei. 2. How thecontroversywas settled. 1744. 3. Origin of KingGeorges war. c. Wur de- cliirud by Franco 15th Muroli, by O. Urituin AprU 9lh. 4. Louiabv/rg. 5 Proposal tocaplun it. * Louishurg is on the S. E. side of the Island of Cape Breton. Id has an excellent harbor, ofTery deep water, nearly six miles in length, but frozen during the winter. After the capture ofLouisburg in 1758, (see p. 278,) its walls were demolished, and the materials .of its buildingswere carried away for the construction of Halifax, and other towns on th(! coast. Only a fewfishermens huts are now found within the environs of the city, and so completi^ is the ruinthat it is with difficulty that the outlines of the fortificatiouB, and of the principal buildings,van bo traced. (See Map.) LOUISBUJIG VICINITY1745. _2_. t dipt Breton, called by the French hie Roijale, is a very irregularly shaped island, on th*S. E. border of the Oulf of St. Ijawrence, and separated from Nova Scotia by the narrow chan-nel of Canseau. It is settled mostly by Scotch Ilighlanduru, toguthvr witU a few of the ancientFrench Acadians. (See Map.; 204 COLONIAL HISTORY. [Book U ANALYSIS, the governor of Massachusetts, perceiving the importance of the place, and the danger to which its possession by the 1745. French subjected the British province of Nova Scotia, a. Jan. laid before the legislature of the colony a plan for its capture. I. Prepara- 3, Although strong objections were urged, the gover- lions JOT the o j o ^ ~ expedition, nors proposals were assented to; Connecticut, RhodeIsland, and New Hampshire, furnished their quotas ofmen ; New York sent a supply of artillery, and Penn- s-Commode sylvania of provisions. ^Commodore Warren, then in theWest Indies with an English fleet, was invited to co-opera
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