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I think we can refer back to the Anglo-Saxon in this context and say...
Oh, I can't do it, not even on-screen.  I was brought up such a polite
boy.  Someone else say it..


Mark D.

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In article <36086B28.E5651F18@eunet.yu>,
  Mark Daniels <em-ay-ar-kay-dee@eunet.yu> wrote:
> I think we can refer back to the Anglo-Saxon in this context and say...
> Oh, I can't do it, not even on-screen.  I was brought up such a polite
> boy.  Someone else say it..
>
> Mark D.
>
> Marco Weiser wrote:
>
> > hello!
> >
> > i have to give a lecture about "the early settlement of the USA".
> > who can help me??
> >
> > the lecture is on 28.9. - so it is very urgent.
> >
> > please contact me per mail!
> >
> > thanks,
>

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.

The Spanish landed primarily to the south in the Florida
area. This allowed them to move easily westward along the
coast, and then northward via the Mississippe. And again,
they caused them to form impermanent settlements.

The English, however, landed in the middle of the coast.
This area had no east-west running rivers and thus
movement westward was difficult, and they tended to
stay where they were, forming permanent settlements.

Interesting for a talk, simple to write, and not
really doing the work for someone, IMO.

HTH
Pjk



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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

In article <1dft8nz.2boho7irn5j4N@96-g2.kingston.net>,
  ik0583@kingston.net (David McMurray) wrote:
> <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"?
>

Impermanent in the sense that they were set up as way-
stations for further explorations and to be used as
stopping-off places for trappers and traders. Impermanent
to the extent that farms did not have to be established
in order to live in a one area for generations.

HTH
Pjk

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