Last French and Indian War (The)

Last French and Indian War (The)

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... In British Columbia, Quebec, and the Maritimes, there are no territorial treaties, as there are in Ontario, or “numbered” treaties, as in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. ...

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... The Year 1760 From the Surrender of Quebec City to the Surrender of Montreal T he surrenderƒof Quebec City, on September 18, 1759, was the beginning of the end for New France. ...

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... Houses in Casco were still burning when a major attack was directed at Quebec City. William Phips struck in mid-October, 1690. Frontenac responded “with the mouths of his cannons” in another episode well known to Quebec schoolchildren. ...

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... Dickinson and Brian Young in Diverse Pasts: History of Quebec and Canada (Copp Clark, 1995, p. 105), shows a New France that controlled the St. Lawrence Valley, the Great Lakes, and the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. ...

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... The objective: to take Quebec City. dedit (Their courage gave them After a 20-minute battle, Wolfe died without the same death; history, the same tasting victory. ...

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... Nor does Canada–Québec, a historical analysis first published in 1968, give any details about the outcome of the Conquest for the Indians. ...

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... Paradoxically, the Quebec independence movement gave Native claims a new lease on life. ...

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... It was not until more than two hundred years later, after a fresh outbreak of Native claims, helped along by renewed tensions between Quebec and Ottawa, that the “Indian question” resurfaced. Quebec NaJeffery Amherst (1717–97). ...

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... After the Surrender of Quebec City On September 13, 1759, Montcalm, mortally wounded, retreated before a dying Wolfe. On the 18th, Quebec City surrendered. ...

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... In the Crossfire •  appointed commanding officer of the garrison in Quebec City. On the 18th, the British fleet, under Admiral Saunders, set sail for England. Murray organized his quarters for winter. ...