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Episode 77: You Are Not Yet Dead, My Father
Britain sends an army across the Atlantic to confront the French interlopers in the Ohio Country. It does not go well.
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 76: They Have the Advantage of Us
For the first time in more than 60 years the Hudson's Bay Company sends an employee (Anthony Henday) inland, where he discovers the full extent of th…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 75: That Place Belongs to Me
The British construct a new naval base in Nova Scotia (Halifax), but quickly discover that old territorial disputes with the Mi'kmaq and French aliv…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 74: This Beautiful River
Imperial rivals clash amid a complex geo-political ecosystem in the Ohio Country.
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 73: The Ohio Country
As Britain and France formalize their new peace in Europe, the seeds of a new conflict are planted on the North American frontier.
4 years, 5 months ago
Episode 72: To What Test Have We Not Submitted
A new war erupts between Britain and France, and the question of Acadian loyalties takes on a violent urgency.
4 years, 5 months ago
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 prospe…
4 years, 5 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.
4 years, 5 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 …
4 years, 6 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, 6 months ago