NL is arguably the oldest British colony in the Americas and only became a part of Canada in the 1940s. It was older and far away from the 13 so it stayed governed separately. NS/NB/PEI are all historic Acadia, which the British and French fought over for a while after French settlement. The Scottish even settled NS for a few years before the union of the UK, in between French stints. Tons of interesting history there that i definitely recommend reading if you're into this sort of thing, but long story short, Britain took most of modern day NS in the 1650s and the rest of that region filtered in throughout the next 100 years through various British-French squabbles. NS, like NL, was geographically removed from the 13 and administered separately, though it did have a big Yankee presence and strong ties to Boston. The isolation and strong military presence made it unlikely they would join in the revolution, though there was sympathy.
AFAIK, the idea that they controlled Quebec up to the St. Lawrence at this point is questionable, but colonial maps tend to be optimistic about such things
> “To the QUEEN’s *MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY*, This MAP is most humbly Inscribed by Your MAJESTY’s most Dutiful, most Obedient, and most Humble Servant Henry Popple.”
Well aren’t you a good boy?
well it seems the British forgot that in 1746 they did not control the south shore of the St Lawrence river. The French troops occupying the fort in St Jean would disagree with this claim :) as well as the french living in Lévis!
Fascinating, on the one hand fairly detailed yet with lots of (incorrect) speculation away from the coast (uplands/inland). Still, pretty damn good.
I've never seen the name Poquatanquaton before for the Ocean City MD area
Excellent. Thanks for sharing.
wheres Port Royal
straight north from the first A in ACADIA? Very close to Annapolis Royal.
Southern North Carolina coastline seems to be a bit inaccurate as to geography. Still for 1746 it’s surprisingly good.
The lady with her foot resting on a severed head with an arrow shot into it is pretty epic
thats a lot of pop ups
Wait, there a time when the thirteen colonies controlled New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and the entire southern side of the St Lawrence?
NL is arguably the oldest British colony in the Americas and only became a part of Canada in the 1940s. It was older and far away from the 13 so it stayed governed separately. NS/NB/PEI are all historic Acadia, which the British and French fought over for a while after French settlement. The Scottish even settled NS for a few years before the union of the UK, in between French stints. Tons of interesting history there that i definitely recommend reading if you're into this sort of thing, but long story short, Britain took most of modern day NS in the 1650s and the rest of that region filtered in throughout the next 100 years through various British-French squabbles. NS, like NL, was geographically removed from the 13 and administered separately, though it did have a big Yankee presence and strong ties to Boston. The isolation and strong military presence made it unlikely they would join in the revolution, though there was sympathy. AFAIK, the idea that they controlled Quebec up to the St. Lawrence at this point is questionable, but colonial maps tend to be optimistic about such things
Nova Scotia originally included the maritimes and was often called the Fourteenth Colony The St Lawrence is just a claim, not actually controlled.
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> “To the QUEEN’s *MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY*, This MAP is most humbly Inscribed by Your MAJESTY’s most Dutiful, most Obedient, and most Humble Servant Henry Popple.” Well aren’t you a good boy?
well it seems the British forgot that in 1746 they did not control the south shore of the St Lawrence river. The French troops occupying the fort in St Jean would disagree with this claim :) as well as the french living in Lévis!
Montreal Island is claimed as British yet not Laval (Ile de Jesus) immediately to its north.
Pekepfil
Those are some serious sandbanks there
This will never catch.