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 Contents. XI Relations with the natives .... The emigrants ...... Company of the Isles of America reconstituted Company of the West founded Colbert aiid Talon. ... Canadian government Canadian land-tenure Canadian feudalism The Canadian Church ..... Canadian trade ...... Company of the West in the West Indies. Fourth period Proprietary colony of Louisiana. Froriteuac and d'Iberville .... The Canadian power ..... The West Indies Law and the Company of the Indies. Fifth period of colonisation. . Canadian trade Success of the sugar islands West Indian trade ..... French relations with natives Contrast of British relations with natives. Contrast of Spanish relations with natives. French missionary work in Canada French relations with negroes Education in French colonies Canadian society French and British trade regulations. French colonial constitutions Colonial offices and officials .... French colonial taxation .... Strength of the French geographical position Colonies as strategic posts Settlement of Acadia. The capital of Acadia Cape Breton and lie de Saint Jean PAGE 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112-13 CHAPTER IV. THE CONQUEST OF CANADA. (17441761.) By A. G. BRADLEY, Trinity College, Cambridge. Louisiana and the Huguenots 114 War of 1744-8 115 Fall of Louisbourg. 116 French colonies .......... 117 New England colonies ...... ... 118 French and British claims 119 Collision in the West 120 French intrigues in Acadia 121