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Episode 71: The Golden Age
Despite continued instability in the government at Annapolis Royal (or perhaps because of it) Acadian society enjoys a golden age of peace and prosperity.
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 70: Good Goods and Kind Usage
The Hudson's Bay Company is forced out of its complacency by French competition in the interior, and anti-monopolist agitators back in Britain.
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 69: Made in Canada
As Canada emerges as a distinct society from that of France, Canadians also begin to carve out a distinct colonial economy - at times, in opposition to policy-makers at Versailles.
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 68: A Free Fishery
A base for a profitable fishery, a training ground for the sailors of the Royal Navy...Newfoundland would have been the perfect imperial possession. That is, if it weren't for the inconvenient exist…
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 67: Nova Scotia and the Mi'kmaq
Having secured Nova Scotia through the Treaty of Utrecht, the British discover that the Mi'kmaq, who possess the majority of the territory, see no reason to respect an agreement they did not particip…
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 66: An Uncomfortable Peace
The French, British, and Iroquois jockey for position in the new political and economic order of the pays d'en haut.
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 65: Citizens of the Bay
Now the unchallenged masters of the north, the Hudson's Bay Company slides into a comfortable complacency.
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 64: So Many Enemies in Our Bosom
In the post-Utrecht Maritimes, both the British and the French construct new colonies, once again leaving Acadians stuck in the middle.
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 63: A Figment of European Imaginations
From Acadia to the pays d'en haut, actors on the ground scramble to translate the Treaty of Utrecht into reality as it crossed the Atlantic.
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 62: The Dunkirk of America
While Canada is protected by geography and Iroquois neutrality, Acadia becomes the target of American fury.
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago