Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Introduction 1
3. Contents 11
4. Table of Abbreviations 13
5. Errata 14
6. Chapter I. Noble Proprietors and Merchants Adventurers (1640–1670) 15
7. Chapter II. Acadians, Real and Unreal (1670–1710) 37
8. Chapter III. A Phantom Rule and “Neutral” Subjects (1710–1723) 57
9. Chapter IV. Counterfeit Suzerainty (1724–1739) 83
10. Chapter V. The Puritan Crusade and the Birth of a Policy (1740–1748) 104
11. Chapter VI. Government by Analogy and Rule of Thumb (1710–1749) 134
12. Chapter VII. Caught Between the Duellists (1749–1755) 166
13. Chapter VIII. The Great Disruption (1755–1756) 203
14. Chapter IX. “The Rights of Englishmen” (1749–1758) 234
15. Chapter X. Epilogue: The Legacies to Quebec (1759–1774) 264
16. Bibliographical Notes 276
17. Index 283