The Life of a Little College, And Other Papers
The Life of a Little College, And Other Papers
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The Acadians held their lands from seigneurs to whom they paid "rents" in kind, and other feudal dues like lods et ventes, and fines of alienation, as in old France.
The story of French rule in Acadie is not a pleasant one, as told with masterly clearness in the pages of Parkman. It is a tale of incompetence, corruption, and pettiness. The officials were at odds with the priests over the liquor traffic with the Indians. As the most exposed and vulnerable portion of the French possessions, it wa...s raided time and again by expedi- tions from New England to avenge the petite guerre of privateers and Indian forays from Canada. It was only under English rule, in the long peace that followed the Treaty of Utrecht, that the Acadians increased and multiplied, pressed upon the means of subsistence, and swarmed out into new settlements.
The small English garrison at Annapolis Royal was powerless to affect their development, for good or ao6 LIFE OF A LITTLE COLLEGE evil; and this alien people in a corner of the American wilderness owed their happiness to the policy of Walpole.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Acadians held their lands from seigneurs to whom they paid "rents" in kind, and other feudal dues like lods et ventes, and fines of alienation, as in old France.
The story of French rule in Acadie is not a pleasant one, as told with masterly clearness in the pages of Parkman. It is a tale of incompetence, corruption, and pettiness. The officials were at odds with the priests over the liquor traffic with the Indians. As the most exposed and vulnerable portion of the French possessions, it wa...s raided time and again by expedi- tions from New England to avenge the petite guerre of privateers and Indian forays from Canada. It was only under English rule, in the long peace that followed the Treaty of Utrecht, that the Acadians increased and multiplied, pressed upon the means of subsistence, and swarmed out into new settlements.
The small English garrison at Annapolis Royal was powerless to affect their development, for good or ao6 LIFE OF A LITTLE COLLEGE evil; and this alien people in a corner of the American wilderness owed their happiness to the policy of Walpole.
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