This Country of Ours part 5: Stories of the French in America by H. E. Marshall

Dead British at the 250th anniversary of the siege and surrender of Fort William Henry, photo published under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license by author Fred Benenson from NYC, USA

This is Part 5: Stories of the French in America, from chapter 45 (How the Mississippi was Discovered) to chapter 50 (The Rebellion of Pontiac).

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TCO5 Lake Itasca Mississippi Source, image released by its author Christine Karim under GNU Free Documentation License, v 1.2

45 How the Mississippi was Discovered – 00:13:14

46 King William’s War and Queen Anne’s War – 00:10:54

47 The Mississippi Bubble – 00:15:37

48 How a Terrible Disaster Befell the British Army – 00:17:38

49 The End of French Rule in America – 00:12:07

50 The Rebellion of Pontiac – 00:12:20

TCO5 Chief Pontiac, public domain image

Other parts of this book can be found here:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 6

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