The scratch of a pen : 1763 and the transformation of North America /
From the Publisher: In this superb volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series, Colin Calloway reveals how the Treaty of Paris of 1763 had a profound effect on American history, setting in motion a cascade of unexpected consequences, as Indians and Europeans, settlers and frontiersmen,...
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Oxford, England ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Pivotal moments in American history.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: War, peace, and revolution
- Pt. 1: America And Americans In 1763
- Pt. 2: Contested lands
- Land and freedom in Indian country
- Emigrants and settlers
- Speculators
- Pt. 3: First war of independence
- Pontiac's war
- The settlers' war
- The redcoats' war
- Pt. 4: Setting boundaries
- A line in the mountains
- The treaty of Augusta and the southern Indians
- Pt. 5: Endings and endurance in French America
- Quebec
- The interior French
- Pt. 6: Louisiana transfer and Mississippi frontier
- A new order in lower Mississippi Indian country
- Lingering French and reluctant Spanish
- Frontier defenses and Indian power in the west
- Pt. 7: Exiles And Expulsions
- Leaving Florida
- Jesuit expulsion and Acadian reunion
- Epilogue: A tale of two treaties.