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    "A few acres of snow" (in the original French, "quelques arpents de neige", French pronunciation: [kɛlkə.z‿aʁpɑ̃dəˈnɛːʒ], with "vers le Canada") is one...
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  • A Few Acres of Snow is a board game designed by Martin Wallace. It is based on the French and Indian War of 1754-1763. Its name is taken from "a few acres...
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    Robert Leckie (author) (category United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II)
    ISBN 0-670-84716-X. The Wars of America: From 1600 to 1900. Harper Collins. 1998. ISBN 0-06-012571-3. A Few Acres of Snow: The Saga of the French and Indian...
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    game database, the site allows users to rate games on a 1–10 scale and publishes a ranked list of board games. BoardGameGeek was founded in January 2000...
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    Longmans, Green, and Company. William Klempa, ed. The Burning Bush and a Few Acres of Snow: The Presbyterian Contribution to Canadian Life and Culture (1994)...
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    considered that he had made a good deal at the Treaty of Paris, and Voltaire wrote that Louis XV had lost a few acres of snow. However, the military defeat...
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    "Quelques arpents de neige", "A few acres of snow"). Following the Treaty of Paris, King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763. The proclamation organized...
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    Voltaire famously dismissed Canada as Quelques arpents de neige, "a few acres of snow". Weights and Measures Act (Canada) Petrie, W. M. F.; Chaney, H. J...
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    as quelques arpents de neige (a few acres of snow). The Treaty of Paris is notable because it furthered the transfer of Louisiana from France to Spain...
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  • French and Indian Wars (category Military history of the Thirteen Colonies)
    Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-12. Robert Leckie, A Few Acres of Snow: The Saga of the French and Indian Wars Wiley & Son; Hardcover: ISBN 0-471-24690-5;...
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    Children of Wrath: New School Calvinism and Antebellum Reform, 248 pp. Klempa, William, ed. (1994), The Burning Bush and a Few Acres of Snow: The Presbyterian...
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  • games to more and more people and help spread the word of the "wonderful world of gaming" on a global scale." "About the International Gamers Award"....
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    of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies, and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America. New York: Norton. ISBN 0-393-30640-2. Leckie, Robert (1999). A Few Acres of...
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    the vast territory of New France as "a few acres of snow" ("quelques arpents de neige"). Voltaire also engaged in an enormous amount of private correspondence...
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    States Timeline of New France history Three Flags Day A few acres of snow French colonization of the Americas French colonial empire List of North American...
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  • towards the government, culture, or people of Canada. Voltaire reputedly joked that Canada was "a few acres of snow." He was in fact referring to New France...
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  • The French title comes from Voltaire's infamous dismissal of New France as "a few acres of snow (quelques arpents de neige)". The film was entered into...
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  • for instance, produced more sugar than all of Britain's Caribbean possessions. See: A few acres of snow. Nevertheless, the war did disrupt France's trade...
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    Martin Wallace (game designer) (category Year of birth missing (living people))
    London (2010) First Train to Nuremberg (2010) Gettysburg (2010) A Few Acres of Snow (2011) Discworld: Ankh-Morpork (2011) Aeroplanes: Aviation Ascendant...
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    A Few Acres of Snow: The Saga of the French and Indian Wars. Edison, NJ: Castle Books. ISBN 0-7858-2100-7. Stotz, Charles Morse (2005). Outposts of the...
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    Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-0528-4. OCLC 22732070. Leckie, Robert (1999). A Few Acres of Snow: the Saga of the French and Indian...
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    1973). "Mason Hoffenberg Gets in a Few Licks". Playboy. 20 (11). Retrieved 27 September 2013. Hill, Lee. "Interview with a Grand Guy". ALTX Online Network...
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    Series racing event that took place in Toronto 4000 metre peaks of Canada A few acres of snow Aboriginal peoples in Canada Abortion in Canada Acadia Access...
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  • Short History of the Presbyterian Church in the Dominion of Canada, 1892. Klempa, William J (ed)., The Burning Bush and a Few Acres of Snow; The Presbyterian...
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  • Elder Sign A Few Acres of Snow Flash Point: Fire Rescue Fresco: Expansion Modules 4, 5 and 6 Kingdom Builder Mage Knight Board Game Mansions of Madness Munchkin...
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    Madeleine de Verchères (category People of New France)
    Journal of Heritage Stewardship. 6 (2). US National Park Service. Retrieved 2 November 2021. Leckie, Robert (1999). A Few Acres of Snow: The Saga of the French...
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    Charles Mair (category Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada)
    Simpson-Housley; Glen Norcliffe (1 September 1992). A Few Acres of Snow: Literary and Artistic Images of Canada. Dundurn. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-55488-050-8. John...
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    Thorner, Thor Frohn-Nielsen (ed) A few acres of snow: documents in pre-confederation Canadian history, University of Toronto Press, 2009 ISBN 1-4426-0029-2...
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    Charles William Jefferys (category Academic staff of the University of Toronto)
    Simpson-Housley; Glen Norcliffe (1 September 1992). "3". A Few Acres of Snow: Literary and Artistic Images of Canada. Dundurn. pp. 27, 38. ISBN 978-1-55488-050-8...
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    Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    One of his students was the young Voltaire, who later developed strong views on New France. (See A few acres of snow.) Charlevoix was ordained as a priest...
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