Île-Royale (New France)
Île-Royale was a French colony in North America that existed from 1713 to 1763 as part of the wider colony of Acadia.
It consisted of two islands, Île Royale (present-day
Context
The 1713
France recognized the rights of Great Britain on the Hudson Bay region and also ceded continental Acadia, Newfoundland and Saint Pierre and Miquelon to Great Britain .[1] In now-British Newfoundland, the French kept their fishing rights and some rights to use parts of the land along the coast to work. Mostly, French settlers from those ceded lands relocated to the maritime islands that were established as France-owned.
The territory of modern New Brunswick was a source of contention between Great Britain and France for 50 additional years, which was only to be resolved by the Treaty of Paris in 1763 with the abject surrender of the French.
Utrecht Treaty Article 13
Article 13 of the Treaties of Utrecht reads: "The Island called
Re-Settlement
Louisbourg
New England colonial troops aided by the British Royal Marines captured the city in 1745 after six weeks of siege. After three years of British governance, Louisbourg was returned to France in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
The Minister of Marine appointed Charles des Herbiers de La Ralière as governor in 1748, and Jean-Louis de Raymond in 1751,[3] who was replaced in 1754 by Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour.
End of French Rule
Peace was short lived, and on 26 July 1758, after the second Siege of Louisbourg led by British officers Edward Boscawen and James Wolfe, the French Governor Augustin de Drucourt gave the keys of the city to the British.
Following the transfer, 4,000 Acadian inhabitants were
Governors
- Philippe Pastour de Costebelle (1714-1717)
- Joseph de Monbeton de Brouillan, dit Saint-Ovide (1717-1739)[4]
- Isaac-Louis de Forant (1739-1740)[5]
- Jean-Baptiste Prévost du Quesnel (1740-1744)[6]
- Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor (1744-1745)
- Antoine Le Moyne de Châteauguay (1745)
- British occupation:
- Charles Knowles (1745-1747)
- Peregrine Thomas Hopson(1747-1748)
- Charles des Herbiers de La Ralière (1748-1751)[7]
- Jean-Louis de Raymond (1751-1753)[3]
- Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour (1754-1758)
References
- ^ R.R. Palmer, A History of the Modern World 2nd ed. 1961, p. 234.
- ^ M. Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle
- ^ a b Crowley, T. A. (1979). "Raymond, Jean-Louis de, Comte de Raymond". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Pothier, Bernard (1974). "Monbeton de Brouillan, Saint-Ovide, Joseph de". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ In collaboration (1979) [1969]. "Forant, Isaac-Louis de". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Adams, Blaine (1974). "le Prévost duQuesnel, Jean-Baptiste-Louis". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Fortier, John (1974). "des Herbiers de La Ralière, Charles". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.