resident French population of Île Royal (present-day Cape Breton Island) were deported to France while the Acadians of Île Saint-Jean lived under the threat...
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Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces...
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Magdalen Islands (redirect from Îles de la Madeleine)
of the archipelago: Île du Havre Aubert (known locally as Amherst Island), Île du Cap aux Meules (known locally as Grindstone), Île du Havre aux Maisons...
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1763. The strategic importance of Île aux Noix decreased as soon as the conquest of Canada was complete in 1760. Amherst had not thought it wise to preserve...
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Wande Abimbola (category Amherst College faculty)
Studies, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts. 1980—1981 Visiting Henry R. Luce Professor of Comparative Religious Ethics, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts...
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Admiral John Amherst (1718 – 14 February 1778) was a Royal Navy officer served during the First Carnatic War and the Seven Years' War, and who went on...
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Notre-Dame Île Perrot Île René-Levasseur Île Sainte-Hélène Îles Laval Island of Montreal Magdalen Islands Île aux Oeufs Amherst Island Manitoulin Island Thousand...
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Prince Edward Island (redirect from Île-du-Prince-Édouard)
French colonists, its French name was Île Saint-Jean (St. John's Island). In French, the island is today called Île-du-Prince-Édouard (ÎPÉ). The island...
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Montreal campaign (section Amherst's advance)
of Montréal to retire to the Island of Montréal. Amherst spent the next day repairing his boats at Île Perrot and a day later British troops embarked again...
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the British deportation operations. Amherst ordered Rollo to take possession of Ile Saint-Jean, build Fort Amherst on the site of Port-la-Joye, and deport...
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England. On October 11, Amherst's army began to sail and row north on Lake Champlain to attack Bourlamaque's position at the Île-aux-Noix in the Richelieu...
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Havre-Aubert (category Communities in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
(French pronunciation: [avʁ obɛʁ]) located on Île du Havre Aubert is a village in the municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine. It is part of the Magdalen...
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Entry Island (redirect from Île-d’Entrée)
Entry Island (French: Île-d’Entrée, pronounced [il dɑ̃tʁe]) is an island off the east coast of the Magdalen Islands, which are part of the Canadian province...
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(1962) Lewis, James R. The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 1998. ISBN 1-57392-222-6. Oyotunji village:...
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Gorée (redirect from Île de Gorée)
Île de Gorée (French pronunciation: [ildəɡoʁe]; "Gorée Island"; Wolof: Beer Dun)[citation needed] is one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement (i.e. districts)...
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Amherstburg (redirect from Amherst Pointe, Ontario)
Rivière-Aux-Canards, Southwick, Splitlog Former Malden Township: - Amherstburg, Amherst Point, Bar Point, Busy Bee Corners, Erieview Beach, Glen Eden, Lake Erie...
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and the French forces at Île aux Noix. Roger's was then part of William Haviland's thrust (one of three all led by Amherst) on Montreal in August where...
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assigned the task of capturing the fortress to Major General Jeffery Amherst. Amherst's brigadiers were Charles Lawrence, James Wolfe and Edward Whitmore...
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The latter force, which Amherst led personally, numbered some 10,000 men and 100 siege guns. Soon after his arrival to Île Royal, Pouchot ordered abandonment...
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Murray informed Amherst that Lévis had sizeable contingents along the Richelieu River at Forts Chambly, Saint-Jean and Île aux Noix. Amherst ordered Major...
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Pont Sainte-Anne, Chicoutimi (1933) Honoré Mercier Bridge (1934) Île d'Orléans Bridge, Île d'Orléans (1935) Golden Gate Bridge (1937) Lions Gate Bridge,...
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Newfoundland. General Amherst heard of this surprise action and immediately dispatched troops under his nephew William Amherst, who regained control of...
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the township municipalities of Amherst and Arundel, and the municipalities of Huberdeau, Montcalm, Lac-des-Seize-Îles, Morin-Heights, Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard...
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production of The Belle of Amherst, Wiseman and Boutefeu developed the script based on Tolstaya's writings. The film was shot on Belle-Île off the coast of Brittany...
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ceded Acadia and Plaisance Bay to Great Britain, but retained Île Saint-Jean, and Île-Royale where the Fortress of Louisbourg was subsequently erected...
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Port-LaJoye was founded in 1720 on Île Saint-Jean, now Prince Edward Island. Settlement in the area began with the arrival of an expedition sent by the...
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Maine remained contested territory. Prince Edward Island (Île Saint-Jean) and Cape Breton (Île Royale) remained under French control, as agreed under Article...
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Île Royale-Cape Breton), Hudson Bay (and James Bay), Terre-Neuve (south Newfoundland), and Louisiana;. Acadia (1604–1713) — (areas, Port Royal, Île Saint-Jean...
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were to become British subjects. Soon, British General Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, established a military government, which was to last until 1763...
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of the last French governor, the French population of Plaisance moved to Île Royale (now Cape Breton Island), part of Acadia which remained then under...
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