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Author:

Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953-

Title:

The scratch of a pen : 1763 and the transformation of North America / Colin G. Calloway.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xvii, 219 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Frontier and pioneer life--North America.
Land tenure--North America--History--18th century.
Treaty of Paris--(1763)
Great Britain--Colonies--America.
France--Colonies--America.
Indians of North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
North America--Ethnic relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-208) and index.

Contents:

1763 timeline -- War, peace, and revolution -- America and Americans in 1763 -- Contested lands: Land and freedom in Indian country ; Emigrants and settlers ; Speculators -- The first war of independence: Pontiac's war ; The settlers' war ; The Redcoats' war -- Setting boundaries: A line in the mountains ; The treaty of Augusta and the Southern Indians -- Endings and endurance in French America: Quebec ; The interior French -- 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 -- Exiles and expulsions: Leaving Florida ; Jesuit expulsion and Acadian reunion -- A tale of two treaties.

Series:

Pivotal moments in American history

ISBN:

9780195300710
0195300718 (alk. paper)
0195331273 (pbk.)
9780195331271

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61204279

LCCN:

2005020201

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)