HIS263Y1 Lecture 8: Lecture 8-October 6.docx
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Army 1:10 (only one soldier for every 10 french has) Navy-130 ships of the line and 3 ships for every 1 french ship. Reg troops in colony: - 27,000 + 18k militia. 10:1 (britain-smaller island but their combat practices more advanced=britain raised naval power-importance of supply lines-moving recourses around) Reg troops in colony -6700+2800 militia (abandons new france)-france did contribute high quality troops at the beginning of the world-they did not abandon new france: initial french successes, early defeats of the english, 1755. (refer to earlier lecture: governor vaudreuil plan of attack-he did admire the first nations way of war (hiding in the woods- ambushing people)-significant contrast to how european wars were being fought in this period. First nations fought different kinds of war-attacking at night. Frontier raids- with aboriginal allies-they terrorized virginia and maryland kept them out of the war until 1758.
