1720 in Canada

Events from the year 1720 in Canada.

Incumbents

 * French Monarch: Louis XV
 * British and Irish Monarch: George I

Governors

 * Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
 * Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
 * Governor of Nova Scotia: John Doucett
 * Governor of Placentia: Samuel Gledhill

Events

 * 1720-60 - The Chickasaw fight the French and the Choctaw in the Southeast.
 * c. 1720: French forts along the Mississippi River spread northward from New Orleans.
 * To compensate for their loss, the French build a fortress at Louisbourg on the southeast tip of Cape Breton Island.

Historical documents
"A Hundred Pieces of Cannon fired together" - Ship crossing Grand Banks draws St. Elmo's Fire before fierce lightning storm

St. John's merchants include "litle pedlers" who reduce indebted planters "to a servant, and soon after to slavery for life"

Extensive piracy is committed in Newfoundland's Trepassey and St. Mary's harbours because road for sending help still not built

Newfoundlander William Keen requests full judicial authority to address "evills and outrages dayly committed in this place"

Nova Scotia governor urges Acadians to take oath of allegiance to King, who has preserved their civil and religious rights

Acadians residing in Nova Scotia appeal to Île-Royale (Cape Breton Island) leader for advice and assistance

"Demands we cannot agree to" - Acadians tell Governor Philipps they cannot take oath because they fear "savages" will retaliate

Nova Scotia described in its mineral and agricultural potential, its settlements and people (Note: "savage" and other racial stereotypes)