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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, 6 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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 months ago
Episode 60: Detroit
The French experiment with a settlement in the heart of the pays d'en haut, but soo find that the politics of the upper country work very different f…
4 years, 8 months ago
Episode 59: Captivity
After a brief pause, war once again breaks out between the English and French, re-opening a thriving war captive economy on the New England frontier.
4 years, 8 months ago
Episode 58: We Made a Bridge of All Those Bodies
As diplomats in Europe left the job half-done, indigenous and Canadian leaders gather at Montreal to establish a peace (and a new diplomatic system) …
4 years, 8 months ago