... government initiative," and were content to rule from a silent position. Historical legacy before 1714 supports this, with lessons learnt from a previous campaign whereby James II, prior to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, had tried to install authoritarian rule by abolishing the self-governing Puritan colonies and replacing them with the Dominion of New England. Aside from distaste for James's Catholic ... now held at the end of George II reign. Regardless of Britain's attempts to protect the colonies against the oppressive French, the disappointment at the colonist's unenthusiastic be...

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... British authorities. The growing number of Protestant church and schools is in a steady growth as an effort to massively convert the majority of the French population. This procedure will facilitate the abolishment of the Roman Catholicism amongst the population. The ambitious conversion imposed by the civil government is a ... hard goal to achieve. The government simply cannot apply enough pressure to the entire French population to abandon their original culture and religion and to expect them to embrace a whole new one. James Murray started to question the civilian ... participating ...

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