1690s in Canada

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Events from the 1690s in Canada.

Events

  • 11 May 1690: Sent by Massachusetts, Sir William Phips captures Port Royal. Frontenac repels Phips' attack on Quebec (October). These events are part of what is sometimes called King William's War.[1][2][3]
  • 22 October 1692 -
    Marie-Madeleine Jarret de Verchères defends the family fort with a handful of seniors and children against the Iroquois, a true youthful hero of New France.[4][5]
  • 1696-97: European fur market collapses as fashion temporarily changes, leading to an increase in colonist settlers wanting permanent land to clear and farm.[6][7]
  • 1697: After almost a decade of
    Treaty of Ryswick). French continue to pressure Iroquois, who eventually agree to (but don't hold) neutrality in the English-French conflicts. The 1693 group of Maritimes Tribal treaties mentioned above comes from this war.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Eight: King William's War 1689–1697". Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ Parkman, F. (1 December 1876). "Sir William Phips's Attack on Quebec". The Atlantic. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Champlain's America". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Madeleine de Verchères rescued by the Virgin Mary | Histoire Sainte du Canada". Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Madeleine de Verchères | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  6. ^ "CANADIAN NATIVE NATIONS -- Royal Proclamation and English Treaties". www.tep-online.info. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  7. ^ "U.S. History, Creating New Social Orders: Colonial Societies, 1500–1700, Colonial Rivalries: Dutch and French Colonial Ambitions". OpenEd CUNY. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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