Castillo Armas quickly assumed Choosing dictatorial powers , banning Preventing_or_letting opposition parties , imprisoning Arrest and torturing Bodily_harm political opponents , and reversing Change the social reforms Reforming_a_system of the revolution .

The British colonial government fell in the region of Nova Scotia after several disastrous campaigns in 1757 , including a failed expedition against Louisbourg and the Siege of Fort William Henry ; this last was followed by Indians torturing and massacring their colonial victims .