Over the Border: Acadia, the Home of "Evangeline" by Eliza B. (Eliza Brown) Chase
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colony at Mt Desert)
1613. Destruction of Port Royal by Argall. (after breaking up settlement at Mt. Desert) 1628. Scotch colony broken up at Port Royal. 1634. Port Royal held by French under De Razilly. 1647. Feud between La Tour and D'Aulnay. 1654. Port Royal under Le Borgne yields to English. 1684. Incursions of pirates. 1690. Sir Wm. Phipps captures and pillages Port Royal. 1691. Port Royal held by French under De Villebon. 1707. Unsuccessfully besieged. 1710. Bombarded by seven English ships; the fort yields, name changed to Annapolis Royal. 1713. Treaty of Utrecht, ceding Acadia to the English. 1727,1728. Oath of allegiance exempting French Acadians from taking arms against France. 1744. Port Royal bombarded and besieged three months. |
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