John Dickinson and the Letter to Canada
byAfter the French and Indian War the British government made a number of decisions with respect as to how it would govern its North…
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King George III’s Montreal Bust in a Pattern of Iconoclasm
byThroughout history, changes in political order have often been accompanied by the destruction of the old regime’s images and monuments. The July 9, 1776…
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Wampum Belts to Canada: Stockbridge Indian Ambassadors’ Dangerous 1775 Peace Mission
byIn early May 1775, with the Revolutionary War not even one month old, western Massachusetts Patriot leaders and their Stockbridge Indian neighbors developed a plan…
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Fake News of the Surrender of Quebec: A Video Contribution
byIn 1776, the Pennsylvania Evening Post printed a letter, allegedly from Paris, which reported that American commander Benedict Arnold had captured the last major British…
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“That Damned Absurd Word Liberty:” Les Habitants, the Quebec Act, and American Revolutionary Ideology, 1774–1776
byThe American invasion of Quebec of 1775-1776 failed to achieve its primary objective: to bring into the fold what the Continental Congress referred to…
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Les Habitants: Collaboration and Pro-American Violence in Canada, 1774–1776
byThe fleeting invasion of Canada in 1775, though often consigned to a bit-part in the American Revolutionary drama, proved vital to the emergence of…
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Quebec Town Major William Dunbar: Captured, April 1775
byIn early 1775, the town major of Quebec decided to pay a visit to Gen. Thomas Gage in Boston. William Dunbar had been an…
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“Be A King George”
by“Be a King George.” Four simple, but oft repeated words drilled into the Prince of Wales from childhood by his mother, Augusta of Saxe-Gotha….
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The Loyalist Declaration of Dependence, 1776
byOur ancestors often believed in fate, and so do I. It was fate one day that brought me to the Fraunces Tavern in New…
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Continental Congress vs. Continental Army: Strategy and Personnel Decisions
byWhen the American Revolution became a shooting war, it was left to the Continental Congress to become the body of state for the thirteen…
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The Canadian Patriot Experience
byThe American Revolution was in effect a civil war. It included all the heightened acrimony associated with one. In what became the United States,…
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March to Quebec and the Fog of War
byOn June 13, 1775, writing from Crown Point on Lake Champlain, Benedict Arnold reported to the Continental Congress that Britain had only 550 “effective…
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The Loyalist Refugee Experience in Canada
byIn the aftermath of General Burgoyne’s defeat at Saratoga, many Loyalists in the New York and Hampshire Grant regions chose to flee to the…
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The Fate of the Royal Savage
byIn the summer of 1775, the British built two warships at St. John, Quebec, on the outlet of Lake Champlain. That fall, the American…
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The Memory of Revolution and the War of 1812
byOn June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on Great Britain. American political and military leaders planned to attack the British provinces of…
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The Siege that Saved Quebec
byThe failure of the rebellious colonists to capture the fortress of Quebec during their invasion of Canada in 1775 had many causes; ironically, a…
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The Battle of Valcour Island
byUntil the early decades of the 20th century saw wide-spread construction of roads in North America, water provided ready-made highways. Lake Champlain formed 125…
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Mrs. Middleton Takes Prisoners
byQuestions about the validity of the Molly Pitcher legend bring up a broader gap in our understanding of military affairs during the era of…