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History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, and the War of North American Tribes Against the English Colonies After the Conquest of Canada
History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac and the War of North American Tribes Against the English Colonies After the Conquest of Canada Author:Francis Parkman General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1855 Original Publisher: Little Brown and Company Subjects: Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765 History / Canada / General History / Native American History / United States / General History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) Social Science / Ethnic Studies ... more »/ Native American Studies Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN AMERICA. The American colonies of France and England grew up to maturity under widely different auspices. Canada, the offspring of Church and State, nursed from infancy in the lap of power, its puny strength fed with artificial stimulants, its movements guided by rule and discipline, its limbs trained to martial exercise, languished, in spite of all, from the lack of vital sap and energy. The colonies of England, out- cast and neglected, but strong in native vigor and self-connding courage, grew yet more strong with conflict and with striving, and developed the rugged proportions and unwieldy strength of a youthful giant. In the valley of the St. Lawrence, and along the coasts of the Atlantic, adverse principles contended for the master'. Feudalism stood arrayed against Democracy ; Popery against Protestantism; the sword against the ploughshare. The priest, the soldier, and the noble, ruled in Canada. The ignorant, light- hearted Canadian peasant knew nothing and cared nothing about popular rights and civil liberties. Born to obey, he lived in contented submission, without the wish or the capacity for self-rule. Power, centred in the heart of the system, left the masses inert. The settlements along the margin of the St. Lawrence were like a far-extended camp, where an army lay at ...« less