HIST 1500Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Saint Lawrence River, Grapeshot, Richard Montgomery
22 Nov 2020
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10 days that shook the world: terror in history. Lecture #8, canada and the american revolution (1775 -1783) Arnold and montgomery: decided to put on a plan to do a pincer attack on quebec on two fronts, they would move upwards and take quebec in the hope again that the kodak citizenry would flock to the. American flag and throw off the chains of their oppressors who were considered the. Americans died with 400 captured: decided to try and bombard the city of quebec for the rest of the winter from their position across the st. lawrence river. Declaration of independence, 4 july 1776: congress did declare themselves separate from britain. European allies, indigenous peoples, enslaved people: other side you get the patriots/revolutionaries/citizens = new and old subjects, Americans of all stripes forced to pick a side: terror, intimidation, forced migration, destruction of property. Timeline: 1175 april: battles of lexington and concord. Quebec: 1776 july: declaration of independence.
