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Title: Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools
Year: 1907 (1900s)
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Publisher: New York, W. H. Sadlier
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ies. A letter from Oglethorpe having led tothe idea that a Catholic priest was the guilty party, a poorschoolmaster, suspected of being one, was tried, condemned,and executed, (1741). On the site of the present City Hall, three negroes were burnt atthe stake at one time. 31. King: Georgres War,* (1744-1748).—War hav-ing again broken out between England and France, theflame was soon kindled in the New World. The only eventof importance was the capture of Louisburg, on Cape BretonIsland, by a combined force of English and colonial troops.Peace was made, in 1748, by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle(alceSla-sha-pel), Louisburg was then restored to the French. * So called, beca ise King George II., then on the English throne, had espousedthe cause of the Empress of Austria, the celebrated Mana Tlierem, who fought forthe Austrian crown against the Elector of Bavaria. The King of Prance took theopposite side, and this led to the war. lu Europe it was called The War of the Av^^rxan Succession.
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