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his time Canada withstood the united force of all the British colonies. 

 Most of these colonies took no part whatever in the war. Only two of 

 them took an aggressive part, New York and Massachusetts. New 

 York attacked Canada twice, with the two inconsiderable war-parties of 

 John Schuyler in 1690 and of Peter Schuyler in the next year. The 

 feeble expedition under Winthrop did not get beyond Lake George. 

 Massachusetts, or rather her seaboard towns, attacked Canada once. 

 Quebec, it is true, was kept in alarm during several years by rumors 

 of another attack from the same quarter ; but no such danger existed, 

 as Massachusetts was exhausted by her first effort. The real scourge 

 of Canada was the Iroquois, supplied with arms and ammunition from 

 Albany. 



