CONTENTS

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[BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ] xix

I.
[ INTRODUCTION--THE CANADIAN DOMINION FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN ] 		1

II.
[ THE DAWN OF DISCOVERY IN CANADA (1497-1525) ] 		19

III.
[ A BRETON SAILOR DISCOVERS CANADA AND ITS GREAT RIVER (1534-1536) ] 		29

IV.
[ FROM CARTIER TO DE MONTS (1540-1603) ] 		44

V.
[ THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF ACADIA AND THE FOUNDATION OF PORT ROYAL (1604-1614) ] 		51

VI.
[ SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN IN THE VALLEY OF THE ST. LAWRENCE (1608-1635) ] 		67

VII.
[ GENTLEMEN-ADVENTURERS IN ACADIA (1614-1677) ] 		92


VIII.
[ THE CANADIAN INDIANS AND THE IROQUOIS: THEIR ORGANISATION, CHARACTER, AND CUSTOMS ] 		110

IX.
[ CONVENTS AND HOSPITALS--VILLE-MARIE--MARTYRED MISSIONARIES--VICTORIOUS IROQUOIS--HAPLESS HURONS (1635-1652) ] 		129

X.
[ YEARS OF GLOOM--THE KING COMES TO THE RESCUE OF CANADA--THE IROQUOIS HUMBLED (1652-1667) ] 		146

XI.
[ CANADA AS A ROYAL PROVINCE--CHURCH AND STATE (1663-1759) ] 		156

XII.
[ THE PERIOD OF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERYH--PRIESTS, FUR-TRADERS, AND Coureurs de Bois IN THE WEST (1634-1687) ] 		168

XIII.
[ THE PERIOD OF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY--FRANCE IN THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI (1672-1687) ] 		177

XIV.
[ CANADA AND ACADIA--FROM FRONTENAC TO THE TREATY OF UTRECHT (1672-1713) ] 		192

XV.
[ ACADIA AND ÎLE ROYALE--FROM THE TREATY OF UTRECHT TO THE TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (1713-1748) ] 		210

XVI.
[ THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMINION IN THE GREAT VALLEYS OF NORTH AMERICA--PRELUDE (1748-1756) ] 		221


XVII.
[ THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMINION IN THE GREAT VALLEYS OF NORTH AMERICA--ENGLISH REVERSES AND FRENCH VICTORIES--FALL OF LOUISBOURG AND FORT DUQUESNE (1756-1758) ] 		237

XVIII.
[ THE STRUGGLE FOR DOMINION IN THE VALLEY OF THE ST. LAWRENCE--CANADA IS WON BY WOLFE ON THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM (1759-1763) ] 		247

XIX.
[ A PERIOD OF TRANSITION--PONTIAC'S WAR--THE QUEBEC ACT (1760-1774) ] 		267

XX.
[ THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION--INVASION OF CANADA--DEATH OF MONTGOMERY--PEACE (1774-1783) ] 		280

XXI.
[ COMING OF THE LOYALISTS (1783-1791) ] 		291

XXII.
[ FOUNDATION OF NEW PROVINCES--ESTABLISHMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE INSTITUTIONS (1792-1812) ] 		302

XXIII.
[ THE WAR OF 1812-1815--PATRIOTISM OF THE CANADIANS ] 		316

XXIV.
[ POLITICAL STRIFE AND REBELLION (1815-1840) ] 		338

XXV.
[ RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT AND ITS RESULTS--FEDERAL UNION--RELATIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES (1839-1867) ] 		361


XXVI.
[ END OF THE RULE OF FUR TRADERS--ACQUISITION OF THE NORTHWEST--FORMATION OF MANITOBA--RIEL'S REBELLIONS--THE INDIANS (1670-1885) ] 		380

XXVII.
[ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ENTER THE UNION--NATIONAL EVENTS SINCE 1867--MAKERS OF THE DOMINION (1867-1891) ] 		404

XXVIII.
[ CANADA AS A NATION--MATERIAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT--POLITICAL RIGHTS ] 		414

XXIX.
[ FRENCH CANADA ] 		434

XXX.
[ RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF CANADA ] 		457

[ INDEX ] 		484