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Events from the year 1710 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French Monarch: Louis XIV
• British and Irish Monarch: Anne

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Daniel d'Auger de Subercase
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Samuel Vetch
• Governor of Plaisance: Philippe Pastour de Costebelle

Events

• The English recapture Acadia, this time permanently, and rename it Nova Scotia.
• Francis Nicholson captures Port Royal for England.
• The English take Port Royal and name it Annapolis Royal.
• Three Mohawk chiefs and one Mahican are received in Queen Anne's court in England as the Four Kings of the New World.

Births

• October 7 - François-Josué de la Corne Dubreuil, a soldier and trader. (died 1753)
• July 23 - Jonathan Belcher, lawyer, chief justice, and lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia (died 1776)

Historical documents

Squadron of Royal Navy ships and transports with 2,000 troops takes Port Royal from French garrison

Speaking to Queen Anne in London, Mohican and Kanien’kéhà:ka chiefs request conquest of Canada for their better hunting and trade

Haudenosaunee "inconstant in their Tempers, crafty, timorous, but quick of Apprehension, and very ingenious in their Way" (Note: stereotypes)

Governor Dudley says taking Canada and Nova Scotia will capture naval stores trade entirely and safeguard inland settlement

Argument for autumn offensive against Canada includes benefits of fairer winds and higher (but still ice-free) water

Detailed list of armaments and personnel in Canada from Riviere du Loup to Cataraqui on Lake Ontario

"A malignant feverwas very general both in Quebec and in the surrounding country carried off a vast number of persons"

France has encroached on Newfoundland trade to point that "their riches and naval powermake all Europe stand in fear of them"

Newfoundlanders' work in fishery and demand for goods is strong, but conditions "very deplorable" from lack of protection from French

Geography of Ferryland, Newfoundland makes it excellent prospect for fortification to protect "every ship, stage, house and storehouse"

Mayors of English towns report how many ships will go to Newfoundland this year, and how much Royal Navy protection will be needed

References

1. "The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences". history.as.uky.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
2. Emson, H. E. (1992). "For The Want Of An Heir: The Obstetrical History Of Queen Anne". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 304 (6838): 1365–1366. ISSN 0959-8138.
3. "BAnQ numérique". numerique.banq.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-07.
4. "Biography – PASTOUR DE COSTEBELLE, PHILIPPE – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
5. Peter Hume Brown (1911). History of Scotland to the Present Time. University of Michigan. The University Press.
6. "Biography – AUGER DE SUBERCASE, DANIEL D' – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
7. Reid, John G.; Basque, Maurice; Mancke, Elizabeth; Moody, Barry; Plank, Geoffrey; Wicken, William (2004). The 'Conquest' of Acadia, 1710: Imperial, Colonial, and Aboriginal Constructions. University of Toronto Press. doi:10.3138/9781442680883. ISBN 978-0-8020-8538-2.
8. "1710 Detail, Siege of Port Royals by the English Succeeds, Pre-Revolution Timeline 1700s - America's Best History". americasbesthistory.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
9. "History of Nova Scotia; Acadia, Bk.1, Port Royal and The English Takeover: 1690-1712; Part 2; Ch. 3, Phips and the Taking of Port Royal (1690)". www.blupete.com. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
10. MonkEL (2009-01-13). "Closing Exhibition: Four Indian Kings". npg.si.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
11. Oury, Guy-M. (1990). "Une famille canadienne dans la tourmente révolutionnaire : le Chevalier de la Corne". Les Cahiers des dix (in French) (45): 67–94. doi:10.7202/1015569ar. ISSN 0575-089X.
12. AMERICAN CANADIAN COLONIAL (PDF).
13. "The Expedition against Port Royal" Chap. XXX; Containing an Accountof the Expedition to, and Reduction of Port Royal in Nova Scotia, A Complete History of the most Remarkable Transactions at Sea (1720), pgs. 765-7. Accessed 28 January 2021
14. "194 The Four Indian Kings' Speech to the Queen" (April 20, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 2 February 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp68-84 Also at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/The_Four_Indian_Kings_Speech_To_Her_Majesty.png
15. "Chap. I; A Description of the Country of Canada" The Four Kings of Canada (1710), pgs. 8-11. Accessed 8 February 2021
16. "81 Governor Dudley to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (January 31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
17. "290 Mr. Dummer to (the Earl of Dartmouth?)" (July 6, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 5 February 2021
18. "569 A View of Canada taken by Major John Livingston, with accot. of fortifications and number of men" (December 27, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 5 February 2021
19. "April and May, 1710," Extracts from the Journal of the Jesuits from the year 1710 to 1755, The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 3 February 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to "malignant")
20. "250 i Considerations on the Trade to Newfoundland" (received by Council of Trade and Plantations, May 26, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
21. "85 Mr. Campbell to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (January 31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021
22. "The Memorial of Archibald Cumings in Relation to the fortifying of Ferryland(...)" (February 1, 1710). Accessed 3 February 2021
23. 74-80; Letters of Bristol, Poole, Bideford, Dartmouth, Weymouth, Fowey, and Barnestaple mayors to Council of Trade and Plantations (January 28–31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021

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