Viruses cause a number of diseases in eukaryotes. In humans, smallpox, the common cold, chickenpox, influenza, shingles, herpes, polio, rabies, Ebola, hanta fever, and AIDS are examples of viral diseases.Even some types of cancer -- though definitely not all -- have been linked to viruses.n humans, smallpox, the common cold, chickenpox, influenza, shingles, herpes, polio, rabies, Ebola, hanta fever, and AIDS are examples of viral diseases. Even some types of cancer -- though definitely not all -- have been linked to viruses.
Map of the fortifications. Located in Canada, the Ramparts of Quebec City are the only remaining fortified city walls in North America north of Mexico. The British began refortifying the existing walls, after they took Quebec City from the French in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759.
OSWEGO, NEW YORK. The first fortification to be located on the site of the current Fort Ontario was built by the British in 1755. Called The Fort of the Six Nations, or Fort Ontario, it was destroyed by the French under the Marquis de Montcalm in August 1756, along with all other British defenses at Oswego.