HST 503 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: October Crisis, North-West Rebellion, Flq Manifesto
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Enemies of the state: treason and sedition trials. The age of revolution: david mclane"s treason occurred during the era of the american (1775-83) and french (1789-99) rev. David mclane"s revolutionary ambitions: not much known about mclane: probably born in boston in 1760s; prosperous merchant in providence, rhode island by 1790s; 1792-1794, selected to serve as militia major in. Providence independent light dragoons: revolutionary ambitions began when met w/ pierre adet, french ambassador to us, adet hired as a spy to encourage french canadians to rise up against eng in. Lc: march 1797: mclane crossed border under guise of being a lumber merchant named. Jacob felt; arrived on the outskirts of qu city on may 10 and met john black. Crown: jury selection is also an issue: all were english speaking, 8/12 were wealthy import/export merchants, found guilty, sentenced to death on july 21, 1797: hung, bowels removed and burned, decapitated, body quartered.
