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1690: Sent by Massachusetts , Sir William Phips captures Port Royal ( 11 May ). Frontenac repels Phips' attack on Quebec (October). These events are part of what is sometimes called King William's War .

1692 22 October - Marie Madelaine Jarret De Vercheres defends the family fory with a handful of seniors and children against the Iroquois , a true youthful hero of New France .

1696-97: European fur market collapses as fashion temporarily changes, leading to an increase in colonist settlers wanting permanent land to clear and farm.

1697: After almost a decade of guerrilla warfare, the Peace Of Ryswick merely confirms the status quo, even returning Acadia , captured by the English, to the French. England and France make temporary peace in 1697 ( Treaty Of Ryswick ). French continue to pressure Iroquois, who eventually agree to (but don't hold) neutrality in the English-French conflicts. The 1693 group of Maritimes Tribal Treaties mentioned above comes from this war.