he knew the morale of the french garrison in louisbourg was low. at one point prior to his request for this, there was a mutiny. it is not uncommon in the 18th century for governments to have trouble paying their armies. it was considered entirely ok if you did not get paid for a certain amount of time. the mutiny was basically like i am not doing anything until you pay me. so the french garrison had low morale. shirley knew this. this is some of the information he uses to convince the massachusetts general court to go ahead and authorize the expedition. he has to choose a leader for the expedition. he has already talked to peter e got word back. warren convenes a council of the captains, and he says he would like to help, but he needs the king to buy into this, and he does not have that yet. eventually, information comes. that shirley is willing to take the expedition without significant support from the royal navy. but he's still looking around, trying to find somebody who can lead the expedition. just to give you an idea of what they are trying

nial,is really pan-colo if you will, to recapture louisbourg. the background, there are 2.0 want to make. are twoy -- there points i want to make. -- thely, the guy who last guy i voted for, the guide it was going to come to vote, he broke his leg, and he was not able to vote, but what is more important and what we do know is that shirley had good intelligence. ? right right? he knew that morale in louisbourg was low. at one point, prior to his request there was a mutiny. it is not an common for governments to be unable to pay their armies. it that happen, it was entirely ok to mutiny. , i amtiny was essentially not doing anything until you pay me. so there was low morale. -- shiry knew this ley knew this. he has to choose a leader for this exposition -- expedition. he is re: talk to peter warren -- he has already talked to peter warren. a council of the captains, and he says he would like to help, but he needs the king to buy into this, and he does not have that yet. shirley is willing to take the expedition without royal support. he is still l

this prevented supplies from reaching louisbourg. in a little under seven weeks, the french capitulated. and here you have a temporary drawing, this is the fortress, you can see here how difficult -- is the area, this is the fortress, but even here, you have guns -- you have land, it stops the ships from coming in, it is a difficult task. that say, modern historians would argue that it probably was not as difficult as it was made out to be. we know from the history of louisbourg that there was some history with the construction, there was problems because of the weather that the masonry was more likely to crumble, and a few other things. the bottom line is that although it was not that as impressive as the colonies turned out to be, it was still pretty impressive. it was considered the most impressive fortress of the new world. the colonial army was instrumental in achieving this colonial expedition. many have argued that the capture of louisbourg was almost the greatest achievement of colonial troops, and it did have some long-lasti