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The following events occurred in Canada in the year 1720.
Incumbents
Governors
- Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
- Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
- Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett
- Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill
Events
- 1720-60 - The Chickasaw fight the French and the Choctaw in the Southeast.
- c. 1720: French forts along the Mississippi River spread northward from New Orleans.
- To compensate for their loss, the French build a fortress at Louisbourg on the southeast tip of Cape Breton Island.
Births
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Historical documents
"A Hundred Pieces of Cannon fired together" - Ship crossing Grand Banks draws St. Elmo's Fire before fierce lightning storm
St. John's merchants include "litle pedlers" who reduce indebted planters "to a servant, and soon after to slavery for life"
Extensive piracy is committed in Newfoundland's Trepassey and St. Mary's harbours because road for sending help still not built
Newfoundlander William Keen requests full judicial authority to address "evills and outrages dayly committed in this place"
Nova Scotia governor urges Acadians to take oath of allegiance to King, who has preserved their civil and religious rights
Acadians residing in Nova Scotia appeal to Île-Royale (Cape Breton Island) leader for advice and assistance
"Demands we cannot agree to" - Acadians tell Governor Philipps they cannot take oath because they fear "savages" will retaliate
Nova Scotia described in its mineral and agricultural potential, its settlements and people (Note: "savage" and other racial stereotypes)
References
- Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
- Gibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10538. Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).
- Pierre-F.-X. de Charlevoix, "Letter I; A Storm" (September 24, 1720), Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres (London, 1763), pgs. 4-5. Accessed 28 December 2020
- "260i Commodore Percy to Council of Trade and Plantations; Answers to Heads of Enquiry relating to Trade and Fishery of Newfoundland" (October 13, 1720), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 32, 1720-1721. Accessed 18 December 2020
- "281i Lt. Governor Gledhill to Council of Trade and Plantations" (Placentia, July 3, 1720), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 32, 1720-1721. Accessed 18 December 2020
- 331 Keen to Board of Trade secretary (St. John's, December 24, 1720), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 32, 1720-1721. Accessed 18 December 2020
- Richard Philipps, "To the Inhabitants of Menis and Places Adjacent" (April 28, 1720), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 21-2. Accessed 21 December 2020
- "Letter of the inhabitants of Acadie to Mr. St. Ovide(....)" (translation; May 6, 1720), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 25-6. Accessed 21 December 2020
- "Letter from the inhabitants of Mines to Mr. Philipps(....)" (translation; May 1720), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 28-9. Accessed 21 December 2020
- Paul Mascarene, "Description of Nova Scotia" (1720), Nova Scotia Documents; Acadian French, pgs. 39-49. Accessed 21 December 2020
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