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Poutrincourt, poo tran KOOR, Jean de Biencourt de (1557-1615), Baron de St. See more »
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Amherst, Lord Jeffery
Amherst, AM uhrst, Lord Jeffery (1717-1797), a British general, helped Britain win Canada from France.
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Calvert, George (1580?-1632), the first Lord Baltimore, was an Englishman who played an important part in establishing the colony of Maryland.
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Cornwallis, Edward (1713-1776), a British soldier and colonial official, led 2,500 settlers to Nova Scotia in 1749 and founded Halifax.
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Frontenac, Comte de, FRON tuh nak or frawnt NAHK, kaunt duh (1620-1698), was governor general of New France, the French empire in North America, in the late 1600's.
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Laval de Montmorency, Francois Xavier de, luh VAL duh mawn maw ron SEE, fron SWAH gzah VYAY duh (1623-1708), was the first Roman Catholic bishop of the city of Quebec.
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Murray, James (1721?-1794), was a British soldier who became the first British governor of Quebec.
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Poutrincourt, poo tran KOOR, Jean de Biencourt de (1557-1615), Baron de St.
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Seigneurial, seen YUR ee uhl, system, also spelled seigniorial, was the traditional method of landholding in France.
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