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The siege of Port Royal (5–13 October 1710), [n 1] also known as the Conquest of Acadia, [4] was a military siege conducted by British regular and provincial forces under the command of Francis Nicholson against a French Acadian garrison and the Wabanaki Confederacy [5] under the command of Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, at the Acadian capital, Port Royal.
In the 150 years prior to the founding of Halifax in 1749, Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal was the capital of Acadia and later Nova Scotia for most decades. [c] During that time the British made six attempts to conquer Acadia by attacking the capital at Port-Royal. They finally defeated the French in 1710 following the Siege of Port-Royal. Over the ...
The fall of Port Royal ended French control over the eastern peninsula of Acadia. In October 1710, 3,600 British and colonial forces led by Francis Nicholson finally captured Port Royal after a siege of one week. This ended official French control of the peninsular portion of Acadia (present-day mainland Nova Scotia), [55] although resistance ...
The Battle of Port Royal occurred in South Carolina in 1861 during the American Civil War. Battle of Port Royal or Siege of Port Royal may refer to: The Battle of Port Royal (1690), Acadia, in King William's War; The Siege of Port Royal (1707), Acadia, in Queen Anne's War; The Siege of Port Royal (1710), Acadia, in Queen Anne's War
He then led the expedition that successfully captured Port Royal, Acadia on 2 October 1710. Afterward he served as governor of Nova Scotia and Placentia , and was the first royal governor of the colonial Province of South Carolina following a rebellion against its proprietors.
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Prior to the founding of Halifax (1749), Port Royal/ Annapolis Royal was the capital of Acadia and later Nova Scotia for most of the previous 150 years. [b] During that time the British made six attempts to conquer Acadia by defeating the capital. They finally defeated the French in the Siege of Port Royal (1710). Over the following fifty years ...