Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"After the British burned and destroyed Portland’s merchant fleet in 1775, trade from that port was diverted to Dunstan Landing."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"When the British attacked Lexington in April 1775, the Provincial Congress issued a call for 13,600 men; militia from Scarborough and neighboring…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"In 1753, the British Government named Benjamin Franklin as one of two deputies in charge of the colonial mail system."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… cutters and sculptors, many of whom came from the British Isles, Spain and Italy. These artisans produced some of the finest public monuments and…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the sea and its close proximity to the Canadian Maritimes have shaped its destiny – from trade and fishing in the early years, through the…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"Soon after, the British and the Dutch began whaling. For years they used Basques as expert whalers on their ships."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… bring White settlers into the region to bolster British control. A handful of land schemes in Passamaquoddy Bay sprang up under the jurisdiction of…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"British forces occupied Castine, three miles east of Islesboro across the Penobscot Bay, and much of eastern Maine."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Illicit trade increases in Passamaquoddy region 1809 • First lighthouse at West Quoddy Head. Thomas Dexter was the first keeper 1810 • Committee…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"Like other British colonies, Massachusetts, including the district of Maine, derived its legal system from its mother country."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… a bevy of companies to oversee the extension of British trade and settlement into new regions. Land—lots of it—was a means to that end."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"He watched the French and British come to the village and talk about war, trade and alliances. When Francis was a young man, his father Chief Jean…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… expansion of international trade and therefore of maritime fleets. Many of those ships were built in Bath."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"The British finally left Castine in 1783 and Loyalists were ordered out of the area in 1784. Life in Surry in these early years, specifically Newbury…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"… which had so long defined European—and especially British—activities in the region which would determine its modern contours."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"Brig Enterprise and the British Brig Boxer off of Monhegan Island. The separation movement stood at a standstill during the War of 1812, as…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"The burning of Falmouth in 1775 by the British was a final straw for many of those undecided about separation."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… that they were susceptible to attack from the British troops in Canada without the protection of Massachusetts."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"By 1814, the tiny town of Bangor with 850 people had seen its share of hard times. Yet its greatest hardship would come in the late summer when…"

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