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Episode 87: The Quebec Act
Canada experiences the first in a long line of constitutional experiments, as the parliament at Westminster creates special recognition of French pro…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 86: The Peddlers
With their long-time French rivals neutralized by war, the Hudson's Bay Company looks forward to the uncontested exploitation of their monopoly. Ins…
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 85: This Valuable People
In the newly conquered colony of Quebec, colonial officials struggle to integrate a French Catholic population into the Protestant British Empire.
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 84: The Planters
Delayed for more than fifty years by the presence of the Acadians, then war, British settlers finally arrive in Nova Scotia.
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 83: The Royal Proclamation
The Western and Ohio nations (having been excluded from the peace signed in Europe), reminds Britain that the war was more than just an Anglo-French …
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 82: Conquest
Three British armies finish the job James Wolfe began on the Plains of Abraham, and in the process, lay the groundwork for British Canada.
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 81: Wolfe and Montcalm
Two generals meet outside of Quebec to determine the fate of Canada. Sort of.
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 80: A Dreadful Vengeance
Thanks to a new crop of energetic young officers, the British finally score a victory in North America.
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 79: An Abominable Way to Make War
A new French general arrives in North America seeking glory, but is disturbed to find that his Canadian and indigenous allies have a very different d…
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 78: A Disagreeable Business
After 40 years of failed negotiation and accommodation the colonial government of Nova Scotia solves its Acadian problem through mass deportations.
4 years, 4 months ago