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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Introduction: The Seven Years' War and Cultures in Conflict in North America | |
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What�s in a Name? | |
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The French and British Empires in North America | |
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Native American Confederacies | |
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The Origins of the Seven Years' War | |
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The French Ascendant, 1756-1757 | |
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The British Ascendant, 1758-1760 | |
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Uncertain Victory, 1761-1763 | |
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Legacies of the Seven Years' War in North America | |
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The Documents | |
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Empires, Indians, and Colonists | |
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Pierre-Joseph C�leron, Onontio in the Ohio Country, 1749 | |
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Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissoni�re, A French Colonial Official Sizes Up the British, 1751 | |
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Archibald Kennedy, A British Colonial Official Sizes Up the French, 1754 | |
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Richard Peters, Tensions between Squatters and Indians, 1750 | |
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William Trent, The Fur Trade Turns Violent, 1752 | |
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Philip Reading, An Anglican Minister Warns of the French Catholic Peril in North America, 1755 | |
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The Fog of War in the Ohio Country, 1753-1755 | |
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George Washington, Encounter with the French, 1753 | |
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George Washington, Skirmish at Jumonville's Glen, May 1754 | |
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Maryland Gazette, Surrender at Fort Necessity, July 1754 | |
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British Officer, Disaster on the Monongahela, July 1755 | |
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Shingas, A Delaware Chief Explains Why the Indians Went to War, 1755 | |
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American Ways of War | |
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Pierre Pouchot, Siegecraft at Fort Niagara, 1759 | |
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Christian Frederick Post, Delaware Indians Explain How They Fight, 1758, | |
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Pennsylvania Gazette, The Raid on Kittanning, 1756 | |
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Charlotte Brown, A Woman's Perspective on Army Life, 1755-1756 | |
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David Perry, A New England Soldier at Ticonderoga, 1758 | |
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Robert Rogers, An American Ranger Sets Down His Rules of War, 1766 | |
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Captivity and Redemption | |
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Marie Le Roy and Barbara Leininger, Two Captives from Penn's Creek, 1755-1756 | |
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Mary Jemison, A Captive's Adoption into a Seneca Family, 1758 | |
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James Smith, Turning a Captive into an Indian, 1755 | |
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William Smith, Redeeming Captives in the Ohio Country, 1764 | |
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Diplomacy | |
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, French Negotiations with Indians from the Pays d'en Haut, 1756 | |
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Christian Frederick Post, A Missionary Conducts Diplomacy in the Ohio Country, 1758 | |
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Henry Timberlake, A Virginia Military Officer Serves as a Diplomat and Hostage among the Cherokees, 1761 | |
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William Johnson, A British Diplomat Extends the Covenant Chain Westward, 1761 | |
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Savagery and Civility | |
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Pierre Roubaud, A French View of the Fort William Henry Massacre, 1757 | |
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James Fenimore Cooper, An American Novelist Describes the Fort William Henry Massacre, 1826 | |
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Henry Bouquet and Jeffery Amherst, Two British Officers Discuss Using Smallpox as a Weapon, 1763 | |
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Benjamin Franklin, An Anti-Paxton Boys Pamphlet, 1764 | |
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Matthew Smith and James Gibson, The Paxton Boys Defend Their Actions, 1764 | |
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Prophecies and Legacies | |
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Henri-Marie Dubreil de Pontbriand, The Bishop of Quebec Describes the Suffering of the City, 1759 | |
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Jonathan Mayhew; A New England Minister Gives Thanks for the Fall of Quebec, 1759 | |
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An Argument for Returning Canada to the French, 1760 | |
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Benjamin Franklin, An Argument against Restoring Canada to the French, 1760 | |
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Neolin, A Delaware Prophet's Vision for Renewing Indian Power, 1763 | |
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Appendixes | |
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A Chronology of Events Related to the Seven Years' War in North America (1748-1763) | |
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Questions for Consideration | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Index | |