The Last French and Indian War: An Inquiry Into a Safe-Conduct Issued in 1760 That Acquired the Value of a Treaty in 1990

Denis Vaugeois

ISBN 10: 2894483112 / ISBN 13: 9782894483114

Published by Les editions du Septentrion 00/b /01 F, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last French and Indian War: An Inquiry Into a Safe-Conduct Issued in 1760 That Acquired the Value of a Treaty in 1990
• Publisher: Les editions du Septentrion 00/b /01 F
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2894483112
• ISBN 13: 9782894483114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In the summer of 1760, ten months after the fall of Quebec City, British forces under the command of General Amherst were converging on Montreal, which would capitulate to the British by early September. Somehow Amherst had managed to break the complex network of French-Native alliances on which New France relied.Vaugeois sets the context by reviewing the important events of the Seven Years War and then examines the train of events between the fall of Quebec and that of Montreal in detail.

He looks at the same events from three different perspectives - as empirical facts, in their legal interpretation, and as the subject of debates by historians. The result is an intriguing detective story with unexpected twists and surprising revelations. The Last French and Indian War sheds light on how, since the 1982 patriation of the constitution, Canadian courts have become a formidable tool for Natives in asserting their rights. It examines the extent to which this creates two categories of citizen and poses a threat to the foundations of Canadian society.

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