Cobblestone articles from September 2005

Cobblestone archives from September 2005

The coming war.(French and Indian War)(Cover Story)
September 1, 2005... Imagine the year 1750. Picture yourself as a Native American living around the Great Lakes. The French colonists who have settled in New France (Canada) generally have proven to be good friends and allies. You provide them with the pelts of the...

Wilderness war time line.
September 1, 2005... 1721 French The French begin building the fortress of Louisbourg (in present-day Nova Scotia) to provide a large, secure harbor to protect both the mouth of the St. Lawrence River and local fisheries. It grows into a town of 4,000 by...

The price of neutrality.(Acadians)
September 1, 2005... Acadians wanted only to live in peace--to farm and fish and practice their Catholic faith. Instead, they became victims in the struggle for power and territory between Great Britain and France and were forcibly removed from their land. ...

'Four bullets through my coat'.(George Washington )
September 1, 2005... The news was alarming. France seemed ready to extend its chain of forts from Montreal to New Orleans (Louisiana), right through the Ohio Valley. The British, however, were determined to stop them. Twenty-one-year-old Major George Washington...

In his own words.(George Washington)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... George Washington was unlike many of our nation's Founders: He did not leave volumes of writings that revealed his innermost thoughts about the time in which he lived and his role in the events that made America. But when a former military...

Frontier fort life.(Fort Duquesne)
September 1, 2005... Unlike fighting on Europe's long-cleared fields, where troops could live off the land, much of the fighting during the French and Indian War took place in wooded, uneven terrain. The armies of France and Great Britain and their allies had to...

The fall of Fort William Henry.
September 1, 2005... French major general Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm's victories over the English had made him a hero in New France. Several months after arriving in Canada, Montcalm had successfully taken the English forts Ontario and Oswego on Lake Ontario...

Find your way.
September 1, 2005... Maneuvering through the frontier during the French and Indian War was difficult. The speed with which travelers or troops gained the safety of the next fort could mean the difference between life and death. Can you find your way through this...

Did you know?(historical figures)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, (see page 30) were not the only famous Americans to come out of the French and Indian War. Here are a few, other important figures of that time. Horatio Gates was a member of the British army during...

Indian interests.(Native Americans)
September 1, 2005... It is true that the French and Indian War was part of a world struggle between two great European powers, France and Great Britain. But the areas where much of the fighting took place--western Pennsylvania and the Ohio River valley and northern...

The Albany Congress.
September 1, 2005... Already a distinguished American statesman when the war began, Benjamin Franklin attended the Albany Congress of 1754 as a delegate from Pennsylvania. This meeting brought together representatives of the seven colonies north of the Potomac...

Montcalm runs out of time.(Marquis de Montcalm)
September 1, 2005... The French had prepared a warm welcome for their enemies. Seven burning vessels were drawing near the British fleet, anchored in the St. Lawrence River near the French city of Quebec. The old ships were filled with pine boughs covered with...

Final days.(French and Indian War, 1754-1763)
September 1, 2005... The end of the war was in sight. With the capture of Quebec, the British controlled the St. Lawrence River. The supplies and troops the French needed to defend Montreal could not get there. As winter closed in, both sides settled in to wait it...

Peace at a price.(North America)
September 1, 2005... North America's political landscape looked a lot different after the French and Indian War. Fighting ended in North America in 1760, but the war dragged on elsewhere. When the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763, France was basically out of...

Behind the camera with Eric Stange.(THE PAST IS PRESENT)
September 1, 2005... The period between the settlement of Jamestown in 1607 and the first rumblings of the Revolutionary War in 1775 is often overlooked in American history. Filmmakers Eric Stange and Ben Loeterman are hoping to change that. They have focused their...

Father of France.(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2005... Samuel de Champlain was born in 1567. He was an explorer, navigator, and mapmaker. Champlain learned many survival skills as a soldier. In 1598, he was ready to take his first voyage. During his voyage, he drew many maps. The king of France...

Pine Tree.(in THE WORKS)(Poem)
September 1, 2005... PiNE TREE Branches move up its spine. It smells like a forest as it shoots up to the sky. Green and aqua color its branches. Cones fall from its arms. Needles protect it from predators as the pine tree sways...

Lifeless.(in THE WORKS)(Brief Article)(Poem)
September 1, 2005... LiFELESS Once full of life, now inanimate as a rock. Little black balls that used to be yellow and surrounded by petals of orange are plain and monotonous. Stems that were once green and strong have...

Fall.(in THE WORKS)(Brief Article)(Poem)
September 1, 2005... FALL Leaves, colored, crunchy, crumpled, piled, jumping, raked. Alison Spain Camillus, New York

The course of history.(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2005... The French and Indian War was a war that would decide the future of North America. The countries that held possessions in North America were France, which held Canada, the Louisiana Territory, and some Caribbean islands; Great Britain, which...

Cows.(in THE WORKS)(Brief Article)(Poem)
September 1, 2005... COWS Cows-- liquid eyes, lowing softly, kindly, staring straight at you-- chewing. Elena Rakowski Fox Point, Wisconsin

George Washington Remembers: Reflections on the French & Indian War.(Books To READ)(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... George Washington Remembers: Reflections on the French & Indian War edited by Fred Anderson (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2004, www.rowmanlittlefield.com) combines George Washington's autobiographical account of his...

The French and Indian War.(Books To READ)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... The French and Indian War by Benton and Louise Minks (San Diego, California: Lucent Books, 1995, www.galegroup.com/) offers a strong introduction to the very involved story of the French and Indian War. In addition to an easy-to-read...

On the Web and places to visit.(DiGGiNG DEEPER)
September 1, 2005... Here is a list of sites that you can visit--both physically and on the Web--that tell part or all of the story of the French and Indian War: Crown Point State Historic Site, Crown Point, New York...

Embry's review.(I am Regina)(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... I AM REGINA by Sally M. Keehn (New York: Philomel Books, 2001, www.penguinputnam.com/) is a novel set in the mid-1700s, on the brink of the French and Indian War. It tells the story of Regina Leininger, a girl who is kidnapped by Native...

Classic connections.(historic literature)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The drama that surrounds the French and Indian War made a great backdrop for some literary classics. It is important to remember when reading these classics, however, that they are works of fiction and are only loosely based on historical...

Oh, Canada!(FLASHBACK TO ...)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... In 1497, John Cabot, a Venetian explorer sailing on behalf of the British Crown. explored the coast of Newfoundland and perhaps Cape Breton Island (in the present-day province of Nova Scotia). Although Cabot never established a permanent...

Brain ticklers.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... GiVE YOUR BRAiN A LiTTLE TiCKLE TO SEE HOW WELL YOU READ AND UNDERSTOOD THiS iSSUE ON THE FRENCH AND iNDiAN WAR. iF YOU BELiEVE THE ANSWER TO BE FALSE, GiVE YOURSELF THE ULTiMATE TEST AND SEE WHETHER YOU CAN EXPLAiN WHY iT iS FALSE. ANSWERS...

A final word.
September 1, 2005... AFTER READiNG THiS iSSUE, CAN YOU THiNK OF DiFFERENT NAME FOR THE FRENCH AND iNDiAN WAR--ONE THAT MORE ACCURATELY DESCRiBES WHO WAS iNVOLVED AND WHAT WAS A STAKE?

Cartoon connection with Ebenezer & The Colonel.(Brief Article)(Cartoon)
September 1, 2005... This attempt to take QUEBEC could prove to be the DECISIVE BATTLE of the FRENCH and INDIAN WAR!! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] COURAGE, MEN! While Some of our army is creating DISTRACTION over yonder, the rest of us will row across the river...