The age of Anne . 1713. Peace of Utrecht. 135 gained fiom France certain ice-bound territories in NorthAmerica, which France did not value—the Hudsons BayTerritory, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. They werevaluable as fishing grounds, and also for the fur-hunters ;but the French reserved in the treaty the right to had been, indeed, as many English as Frenchsettlements in these places, and perhaps more Englishsettlers. The possession of the first two had been longin dispute ; but Nova Scotia—called by the FrenchAcadia—had been formally ceded to the French in thereign of Charles I
The age of Anne . 1713. Peace of Utrecht. 135 gained fiom France certain ice-bound territories in NorthAmerica, which France did not value—the Hudsons BayTerritory, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. They werevaluable as fishing grounds, and also for the fur-hunters ;but the French reserved in the treaty the right to had been, indeed, as many English as Frenchsettlements in these places, and perhaps more Englishsettlers. The possession of the first two had been longin dispute ; but Nova Scotia—called by the FrenchAcadia—had been formally ceded to the French in thereign of Charles II. It is important to notice that, inthis article, England was commencing a policy of co-lonial aggrandisement which brought later wars on further obtained from Spain the Assiento con-tract, which France had before enjoyed, viz. the privilegeof importing 4,800 negro slaves into America within thirtyyears. In addition to these treaties there was further proposed a treaty of commerce between Englan
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