the new englanders traded rum to the west indies.
what did the new englanders trade to the west indies?
rum
after the cease-fire, both sides agreed to terms that allowed the british to return to annapolis royal. the 350 british in the stone house were allowed to keep their arms and march back to annapolis royal while the french retained the british troops captured in the fighting as well as the two supply sloops. the british marched away with full honours of war as article 3 of the capitulation stated: "that the troops of his most christian majesty shall be drawn up in two ranks with rested firelocks and that the troops of his britannic majesty should march thro them with all the military honours of war with drums beating and colours flying." the six-day march back through deep snow, unassisted by snowshoes, caused the new englanders to suffer "extreme fatigues, excessive colds, and difficulties we laboured under through our men into violent fevers and fluxes at their return by which means we lost one hundred and fifty more." the french later retired from grand-pré, initially to noel, nova scotia (in the cobequid region), taking with them prisoners of war as well as both french and new england wounded. the more severely wounded were left under the care of the acadians at grand pré. some of the prisoners would be released to the new englanders in the spring, while the others were sent to québec and then to boston.
battle of grand pré
after the siege of louisbourg (1745) during king george's war, the new englanders also captured île saint-jean (prince edward island). an english detachment landed at port-la-joye. under the command of joseph de pont duvivier, the french had a garrison of 20 french troops at port-la-joye. the troops fled and new englanders burned the capital to the ground. duvivier and the twenty men retreated up the northeast river (hillsborough river), pursued by the new englanders until the french troops received reinforcements from the acadian militia and the mi'kmaq. the french troops and their allies were able to drive the new englanders to their boats, nine new englanders killed, wounded, or made prisoner. the new englanders took six acadian hostages, who would be executed if the acadians or mi'kmaq rebelled against new england control. the new england troops left for louisbourg. duvivier and his 20 troops left for quebec. after the fall of louisbourg, the resident french population of ile royal were deported to france. the acadians of ile saint-jean lived under the threat of deportation for the remainder of the war.
history of prince edward island