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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.
4 years, 1 month 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 …
4 years, 2 months 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. …
4 years, 2 months 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 re…
4 years, 2 months 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.
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 65: Citizens of the Bay
Now the unchallenged masters of the north, the Hudson's Bay Company slides into a comfortable complacency.
4 years, 3 months 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.
4 years, 3 months 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.
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 62: The Dunkirk of America
While Canada is protected by geography and Iroquois neutrality, Acadia becomes the target of American fury.
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 61: The Slave Colony
As enslaved labour becomes more common in New France, owners call on the Crown to explicitly enshrine in law their right to own human property.
4 years, 3 months ago