conflict four years previous cornwallis had helped defeat jacobite rebels in scotland in the wake of the british victory at culladen cornwallis's troops had used terror to keep the highlanders in line cornwallis adopted a similar approach in nova scotia if the mikmaq would not accept british rule they would be brutalized into what made edward cornwallis so controversial was that he didn't really seek any sort of negotiated settlement with the wabanaki or the acadians in the region he very much arrived with the intention to build halifax and then expand british influence in nova scotia at cornwallis's disposal was a fighting force perfectly designed to carry out his bloody campaign called rangers they were units of light infantry raised largely from allied first nations and new englanders with experience in frontier warfare they targeted mikmak civilians and destroyed acadian farm stands further motivated by corn wallace's promise of money for every aboriginal scallop it was a war of extermination the resistance soon suffered another setback early in december NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN mcmac and malasite warriors attempted to dislodge the british from their fort at grand prairie relying on siege tactics the warriors surrendered their vital advantage of mobility and surprise while at the same time their lack of heavy guns meant taking the enemy's stronghold would be costly at best the siege was abandoned in the face of advancing rangers this failure to take grand prairie swung the momentum of the conflict in favor of the british whose position only grew stronger as the war drug on with rangers combing the countryside for mcmahon british regulars expanded road networks and fortifications to prevent their communities from being used to support the british war effort acadian rebels adopted scorched earth tactics burning crops and homes as the mikmaq and akkadian resistance grew more desperate edward cornwallis conceived a plan to deal a devastating blow to their war effort he would seize and fortify the border between french and british territory at the isthmus of chinecto if his plan succeeded the resistance would be cut off forced to fight the british invasion by themselves on september NUMBER_TOKENrd NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN rangers and british regulars launched their amphibious assault the british landed under a hail of gunfire but soon gained a toehold outnumbered with no reinforcements the allied militia withdrew burning crops and houses as they retreated to fort bosses the british followed their victory by building fort lawrence near the site of the battle but desperation breeds resolve facing an enemy which killed their families they fought on raids on halifax lawrencetown dartmouth and lunenburg cornwall's dream of a prosperous and peaceful nova scotian colony quickly slipped away by NUMBER_TOKEN he resigned and left halifax in scandal cornwall's departure did not mean peace on may NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN a young george washington attacked a french patrol at jumonville glen without provocation the battle at juvenville
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