. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . had De laTour in his power, suddenly a new antagonist appeared upon thescene, who settled the quarrel by driving both disputants offthe field, and possessing himself of the entire colony. OliverCromwell, then Lord High Protector of England,* takingadvantage of the strife among the French colonists of Acadie,despatched a force from England, under Colonel Sedgewick, • Oliver Cromwell was bom in England In 1599. He entered Parliameiit1628. While there he acquired great influence with the puritan party,and when the contest
. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . had De laTour in his power, suddenly a new antagonist appeared upon thescene, who settled the quarrel by driving both disputants offthe field, and possessing himself of the entire colony. OliverCromwell, then Lord High Protector of England,* takingadvantage of the strife among the French colonists of Acadie,despatched a force from England, under Colonel Sedgewick, • Oliver Cromwell was bom in England In 1599. He entered Parliameiit1628. While there he acquired great influence with the puritan party,and when the contest against the arbitrary conduct of Charles I. arose, hoespoused the puritan and parliamentary cause. As a military leader anageneral of cavalry, he inflicted great loss on the royalist army, and finallyin 1663, reached the position of Lord High Protector of England. He diedin 1659, aged 60 years. QUBSTiOKS.—Describe the disgraceful conduct of Charnizay. Whatdid de la Tour do after Charnizays death f What expedition was sentagainst Acadie by CromwelL Sketch his CnAr. XXTin-FAO.] HISTORY OP ACAtifB. ^43 who in 1654 defeated de la Tour at the St. John, and la Borgneat Port Royal, and re-took the colony. Charnizays font atPentagoet (Penobscot) was also takenwithout difficulty. De la Tour then wentto England to appeal to Cromwell. TheEnglish, in the meantime, only heldpo8Bei?sion of Port Royal, and the Frenchconiinued their settlements in the inte-rior. In 1656, Cromwell confirmedCharles dela Tours claim, and grantedto him, as well as to Sir Thomas Templeand William Crowne, the chief partof Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Oliver and Crowne purchased de la Tours share, andexpended $80,000 in repairing the defences of the Ibru In1667, England again ceded the colony to France, by the treaty9f Breda. 8. New England Expedition,—The French, having con-(;erted a plan to attack and capture several places in th/3 Eng-lish colonies, these colonies united in a sche
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