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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Monadnock Hiker[/i] [br][b]Surrounding Geography and People:[/b] . These early families found themselves in a remote section of New England. - No. 4 that was the northern most settlement of the English colonies at this time. - [u]The closest settlement of any kind to No. 4, was Fort Dummer, about 40 miles to the south.[/u] - Across the Connecticut River to the west lay a wilderness claimed by both New Hampshire and New York, yet long inhabited by the western Abenaki tribe. - Farther west and to the north was New France; - this area, including what would become Canada, was claimed by England’s rival, France. - In this age of colonialism, the French laid claim to the area from Louisiana through the Ohio River Valley. - The St. Lawrence River gave the French unlimited access into the distant western frontier, allowing them to build a string of forts and trading posts. - This placed No. 4 on the edge of competing territory between two leading international powers of the time period. [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature.