Editing 1710 in Canada (section)

==Historical documents==
[[Squadron (naval)|Squadron]] of [[Royal Navy#Age of Sail|Royal Navy]] ships and [[Troopship|transports]] with 2,000 troops [[Siege of Port Royal (1710)|takes Port Royal]] from French garrison<ref>[https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32416/897?r=0&s=3 "The Expedition against Port Royal"] Chap. XXX; Containing an Account[...]of the Expedition to, and Reduction of Port Royal in Nova Scotia, A Complete History of the most Remarkable Transactions at Sea[....] (1720), pgs. 765-7. Accessed 28 January 2021</ref>

Speaking to [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]] in London, [[Mohicans|Mohican]] and [[Mohawk people|Kanien’kéhà:ka]] [[Four Mohawk Kings|chiefs]] request conquest of Canada for their better hunting and trade<ref>"194 The Four Indian Kings' Speech to the Queen" (April 20, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 2 February 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp68-84
Also at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/The_Four_Indian_Kings_Speech_To_Her_Majesty.png</ref>

[[Iroquois#Society|Haudenosaunee]] "inconstant in their Tempers, crafty, timorous, but quick of Apprehension, and very ingenious in their Way" (Note: [[Stereotypes of indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States|stereotypes]])<ref>[https://archive.org/details/fourkingsofcanad00lond/page/n15/mode/2up "Chap. I; A Description of the Country of Canada"] The Four Kings of Canada (1710), pgs. 8-11. Accessed 8 February 2021</ref>

[[Joseph Dudley#Queen Anne's War|Governor Dudley]] says taking Canada and Nova Scotia will capture [[naval stores]] trade entirely and safeguard inland settlement<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34 "81 Governor Dudley to the Council of Trade and Plantations"] (January 31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021</ref>

Argument for autumn [[Offensive (military)|offensive]] against Canada includes benefits of [[wikt:fair wind|fairer winds]] and higher (but still ice-free) water<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp108-122 "290 Mr. Dummer to (the Earl of Dartmouth?)"] (July 6, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 5 February 2021</ref>

Detailed list of armaments and personnel in Canada from [[Rivière-du-Loup|Riviere du Loup]] to [[Fort Frontenac|Cataraqui]] on Lake Ontario<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp326-331 "569 A View of Canada taken by Major John Livingston, with accot. of fortifications and number of men"] (December 27, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 5 February 2021</ref>

"A malignant fever[...]was very general both in [[Communauté métropolitaine de Québec|Quebec and in the surrounding country]] [and] carried off a vast number of persons"<ref>"April and May, 1710," Extracts from the Journal of the Jesuits from the year 1710 to 1755, The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. LXIX. Accessed 3 February 2021 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_69.html (scroll down to "malignant")</ref>

France has encroached on Newfoundland trade to point that "their riches and naval power[...]make [[Louis XIV#France as the pivot of warfare|all Europe stand in fear of them]]"<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp102-107 "250 i Considerations on the Trade to Newfoundland"] (received by Council of Trade and Plantations, May 26, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021</ref>

Newfoundlanders' work in [[History of Newfoundland and Labrador#Fishing|fishery]] and demand for goods is strong, but conditions "very deplorable" from lack of protection from [[History of Newfoundland and Labrador#International disputes|French]]<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34 "85 Mr. Campbell to the Council of Trade and Plantations"] (January 31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021</ref>

Geography of [[Ferryland]], Newfoundland makes it excellent prospect for fortification to protect "every ship, stage, house and storehouse"<ref>[https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/archibald-cumings-memorial-1710.php "The Memorial of Archibald Cumings in Relation to the fortifying of Ferryland(...)"] (February 1, 1710). Accessed 3 February 2021</ref>

Mayors of [[History of Poole#Modern history|English towns]] report how many ships will go to Newfoundland this year, and how much Royal Navy protection will be needed<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol25/pp18-34 74-80; Letters of Bristol, Poole, Bideford, Dartmouth, Weymouth, Fowey, and Barnestaple mayors to Council of Trade and Plantations] (January 28–31, 1710), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 25, 1710-1711. Accessed 4 February 2021</ref>