Download or read book Revisiting 1759 written by Phillip Buckner and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British victory on the Plains of Abraham in September 1759 and the subsequent Conquest of Canada were undoubtedly significant geopolitical events, but their nature and implications continue to be debated. Revisiting 1759 provides a fresh historical reappraisal of the Conquest and its aftermath using new approaches drawn from military, imperial, social, and Aboriginal history. This cohesive collection investigates many of the most hotly contested questions surrounding the Conquest: Was the battle itself a crucial turning point, or just one element in the global struggle between France and Great Britain? Did the battle's outcome reflect the superior strategy of General James Wolfe or rather errors on both sides? Did the Conquest alter the long-term trajectories of the French and British empires or simply confirm patterns well underway? How formative was the Conquest in defining the new British America and those now living under its rule? As this collection makes vividly clear, the Conquest's most profound consequences may in fact be quite different from those that have traditionally been emphasized.
Download or read book A History of the French War written by Rossiter Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Conquest of Quebec A Poem With a Plan of the City written by Joseph HAZARD (of Lincoln College, Oxford.) and published by . This book was released on 1769 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada the War of the Conquest written by Guy Frégault and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the motives, policies and personalities of the Seven Years' War in North America.
Download or read book The Conquest of Quebec written by Middleton Howard and published by . This book was released on 1768 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Conquest of Quebec written by Joseph Hazard and published by . This book was released on 1769 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle for Quebec 1759 written by Matthew C Ward and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 13 September 1759, British and French forces fought one of the most decisive battles in history, on the Plains of Abraham outside the Canadian capital, Quebec. The British force decisively routed the French, seizing the city and, ultimately, all of Canada. But the struggle for Quebec was far more than one climactic battle: the campaign involved an immense military and naval operation, an eighteenth-century D-Day. Matthew Ward has researched extensively in archives in Britain and Canada to look at the entire campaign for Quebec, from its inception in Whitehall to its ultimate culmination in Montreal in 1760. He has probed beyond the actions of commanders and generals, to examine the experiences of the campaign for the ordinary soldier and civilian. What emerges is not just a picture of bravery and heroism, but also of a campaign which became increasingly brutal and cruel, both sides resorting to practices such as the routine scalping of enemy dead. It is also a surprising picture of the day-to-day, often mundane, lives of civilians and troops many thousands of miles from home.
Download or read book History of the Campaign for the Conquest of Canada in 1776 written by Charles Henry Jones and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Download or read book The Conquest of Canada or the Siege of Quebec An historical tragedy Of five acts In verse written by George COCKINGS and published by . This book was released on 1773 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Conquest of Canada written by George Warburton and published by London : R. Bentley. This book was released on 1849 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author traces the history of New France from 1534 until 1760.
Download or read book The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony written by Mark R. Anderson and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unparalleled look at AmericaÍs Revolutionary War invasion of Canada
Download or read book The 1759 Battle of Quebec written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Explains the development of French and British colonies in the New World *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes a bibliography for further fighting *Includes a table of contents "[W]e observed the Enemy marching down towards us in three Columns, at 10 they formed their Line of Battle, which was at least six deep, having their Flanks covered by a thick Wood on each Side, into which they threw above 3000 Canadians and Indians, who gauled us much; the Regulars then marched briskly up to us, and gave us their first Fire, at about Fifty Yards Distance, which we did not return, as it was General Wolfe's express Orders not to fire till they came within twenty Yards of us..." - The British Sergeant-Major of Gen. Hopson's Grenadiers On September 13, 1759, a battle was fought on the Plains of Abraham outside the old city of Québec that was one of the turning point battles in world history. Thanks to the British victory and the events that followed, Canada went from being a colony of France (New France) to being a colony of Great Britain, which permanently changed Canadian history. In many ways, the outcome of the battle brought about several American attempts to seize Canada during the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, and ultimately it ensured that when Canada became an independent country, it was part of the British Commonwealth with an Anglophone majority and a Francophone minority. Frictions over cultural and political issues between the English Canadians and the Québécois, dating back to the battle, continue to impact the state of affairs in Canada today. While the battle had a profound impact, it has also been romanticized and mythologized beyond even epic proportions. Though often forgotten today (more than 250 years after the battle), the Battle of the Plains of Abraham was the culmination of a long siege, and the decisive action itself was an incredibly short affair at less than half an hour. Despite that brevity, both commanding generals were mortally wounded in the exchange, making British General James Wolfe a national hero on both sides of the Atlantic and French General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm a convenient scapegoat. Only a few thousand soldiers were engaged on each side, and the battle ended with less than 1,500 casualties combined. Regardless, the French were compelled to quit Quebec after the battle, giving up one of their most important colonial possessions in the New World, and when the fighting ended in North America in 1760, the British still held the city. When the Seven Years War ended on the European continent, the subsequent treaty forced the French to cede most of their North American possessions to the British, and it also left Britain in tough economic straits, which would set about a chain of events that brought about the American Revolution in the following decade. The 1759 Battle of Quebec: The History and Legacy of Britain's Most Important Victory of the French & Indian War looks at the campaign that culminated with the pivotal battle of the French & Indian War. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Battle of Quebec like never before, in no time at all.
Download or read book The Winning of Canada a Chronicle of Wolfe written by William Wood and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe" is a part of the Chronicles of Canada series. This volume deals with the life and deeds of James Wolfe, the great general who led the British to victory at Fortress Louisbourg in Nova Scotia and Quebec. The book starts with the history of Wolfe's family and his early years and follows the long road of his military achievements.
Download or read book Entangling the Quebec Act written by Ollivier Hubert and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond redrawing North American borders and establishing a permanent system of governance, the Quebec Act of 1774 fundamentally changed British notions of empire and authority. Although it is understood as a formative moment - indeed part of the "textbook narrative" - in several different national histories, the Quebec Act remains underexamined in all of them. The first sustained examination of the act in nearly thirty years, Entangling the Quebec Act brings together essays by historians from North America and Europe to explore this seminal event using a variety of historical approaches. Focusing on a singular occurrence that had major social, legal, revolutionary, and imperial repercussions, the book weaves together perspectives from spatially and conceptually distinct historical fields - legal and cultural, political and religious, and beyond. Collectively, the contributors resituate the Quebec Act in light of Atlantic, American, Canadian, Indigenous, and British Imperial historiographies. A transnational collaboration, Entangling the Quebec Act shows how the interconnectedness of national histories is visible at a single crossing point, illustrating the importance of intertwining methodologies to bring these connections into focus.
Download or read book Montcalm And Wolfe written by Roch Carrier and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The national bestseller that tells the story of Wolfe and Montcalm and the Plains of Abraham In September 1759, a small band of British troops led by James Wolfe scaled the tall cliff overlooking a farmer’s field owned by Abraham Martin and overpowered the French garrison that protected the area, allowing the bulk of the British army to ascend the cliff behind and attack the French who, led by Louis-Joseph Montcalm, were largely unaware of Wolfe’s tactics. The battle that ensued on what would become known as the Plains of Abraham would forever shape the geography and politics of Canada. Montcalm and Wolfe, written by one of the finest writers this country has ever produced, is the epic story of this battle told through the lives of the two generals, Wolfe and Montcalm. The book is a dual biography of the men and their most famous battle written by a master storyteller. What kind of life did they have before they took up arms? What were the two men really like? And, most importantly, what forces brought the two men to face each other in a battle that forged a nation?
Download or read book History of the Campaign for the Conquest of Canada in 1776 written by Charles Henry Jones and published by Philadelphia, Pa. : Porter & Coates. This book was released on 1882 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First English Conquest of Canada written by Henry Kirke and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
