The British Empire in the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The British Empire in the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 1: Its Progress and Expansion at Home and Abroad Comprimising a Description and History of the British Colonies and DependenciesDiscovery of Newfoundland - Customs regulating the fisheries - The English ¿ag planted on its coast - Importance of the cod-fishery - Attempts to colonize by the English - Lord Baltimore's colony - Wise rule of Sir David Kirke - Newfoundland finally ceded to Britain - St. John's seized by the French, but recaptured - After-history of the island - Nova Scotia or Acadia - A Scottish settlement at Port Royal - The country restored to France - Cromwell's expedition to Port Royal - Joint occupation by English and French - Acadia ceded to France - Contests between the English and French settlers - Sir William Phipps' expedition against Port Royal - The colony becomes a British possession - Difficulties with the French inhabitants - Governorship of Paul Mascarene - Arrival of English emigrants Difficulties with the Acadians - Their expatriation - Representative government established - The colonies of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.