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From: David McMurray
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:00

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<peterkr@ms.com> wrote:

[...]

> An interesting theory is the affect of geography on the
> settlement of north America. Since the French landed on
> the continent primerily to the north, near to what would
> become the US-Canadian border, they had access to the
> Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrenece Seaway. This allowed
> them to easily move westward and then southward when they hit
> the Finger Lakes and the Ohio River. But it also caused
> them to form impermanent settlements.
In what sense do you consider French settlement in North America to have
been "impermanent"?

(And even if your general thesis has merit, I doubt that the St.
Lawrence Seaway had much to do with it.)

[...]
-- 
David

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From: ik0583@kingston.net (David McMurray)
Subject: Re: need help for my lecture
Date: 1998/09/23
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