An American history . ermined to take. An army offour thousand men was raised and the command given toWilliam Pepperell of Maine, who was supported by a smallBritish fleet under Commodore Warren. After a resolutesiege the northern Gibraltar was surrendered. THE SPANISH DANGER 137 208. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. The English empirehad proved too strong for all its enemies. Spain was exhausted ;France was on the verge of bank-ruptcy. In 1748 was negotiatedthe Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Bythat treaty Louisburg was givenback to France in return for con-cessions in other parts of theworld. The tr
An American history . ermined to take. An army offour thousand men was raised and the command given toWilliam Pepperell of Maine, who was supported by a smallBritish fleet under Commodore Warren. After a resolutesiege the northern Gibraltar was surrendered. THE SPANISH DANGER 137 208. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. The English empirehad proved too strong for all its enemies. Spain was exhausted ;France was on the verge of bank-ruptcy. In 1748 was negotiatedthe Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Bythat treaty Louisburg was givenback to France in return for con-cessions in other parts of theworld. The treaty was advanta-geous to old England but the NewEnglanders felt that their interestshad been sacrificed to those of themother country. The grievancerankled and was never forgotten. By the series of wars between1701 and 1748, Spain was renderedpowerless to check the growth ofthe English colonies. The waywas cleared for a duel, between France and England, and be-tween the principles they stood for, to dominate SIR WILLIAM PEPPERELL Commander of the expeditionagainst Louisburg. Selection from the Sources. Hart, Contemporaries, II, Nos. 39-41,118, 120-121; Sally, Original Narratives of Carolina ; Gibson, Journalof the Siege (of Louisburg) in Johnsons Life of Gibson; Macdonald,Source Book, Nos. 26, 27. Secondary Accounts. Osgood, Colonics, II, ; Channing,History, II, 345-347, 363-365, 537-549; Doyle, English Colonies, III,345-353 ; V, 322-360, 375-383, 390-401, 406-410, 426; Parkman, HalfCentury of Conflict, I, chaps, i, iii, v, vii, viii; II, chaps, xviii-xxiv;McCrady, History of South Carolina, II, chaps, xi, xii; Wright,Oglethorpe, chaps, ii-vi, ix, xi-xvii; Root, Relations of Pennsylvaniawith the British Government, 279-292; Dickerson, American ColonialGovernment, 17, 133. Topics for Special Reports, i. Iberville. 2. The Jacobites. 3. TheWar of the Spanish Succession. 4. The Movement in South Caro-lina for Freedom of Worship. 5. The Policy of the Board of Trad
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