Betsy began Process_start as a tropical depression north of French Guiana on August 27 , and strengthened Cause_change_of_strength as it moved Motion in a general northwesterly direction .

The origins of the show Social_event lie in the emergence Coming_to_be of progressive groups and independent exhibitions Social_event in the early 20th century ( with significant French precedents ) , which challenged Competition the aesthetic ideals , exclusionary policies , and authority of the National Academy of Design , while expanding Expansion exhibition and sales opportunities , enhancing Cause_to_make_progress public knowledge , and enlarging Expansion audiences for contemporary art .

The Action of 9 August 1780 was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the Anglo-Spanish War , in which a Spanish fleet , led Conquering by Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova , along with a squadron of French ships Sending , encountered Hostile_encounter a large British convoy .

The Spanish and French force captured Conquering almost all the British vessels , which dealt a severe blow to the commerce of Great Britain .

Several French and British military ships were damaged Damaging out at sea .

The Siege of Port Royal ( 5 – 13 October 1710 ) , also known as the Conquest of Acadia , was a military siege conducted Action by British regular and provincial forces under the command Control of Francis Nicholson against a French Acadian garrison and the Wabanaki Confederacy under the command of Daniel d'Auger de Subercase , at the Acadian capital , Port Royal .

The successful British siege marked Recording the beginning of permanent British control Control over the peninsular portion of Acadia , which they renamed Name_conferral Nova Scotia , and it was the first time the British took Creating and held Defending a French colonial possession .

After the French surrender , the British occupied Control the fort in the capital with all the pomp and ceremony of having captured Conquering one of the great fortresses of Europe , and renamed Name_conferral it Annapolis Royal .