Visited Quebec last year. Even today the city still looks like a formidable fortress. The walls and the geography are intimidating.

@m.a.118

7 ай бұрын

It's important to note the citadel (the big fortress that sits to the south west of the upper city) wasn't built until the 1820's after the War of 1812. Many tourists think that was part of the the city wall during the Late French early British period but it wasn't. Bu yea, when looking at the terrain, old walls, and the citadel... Quebec city was a beefy city before the age of flight. Which makes sense, since it was the gateway to the St. Lawrence river... Making it the bottleneck to the Great Lakes or the Atlantic Ocean depending on which way you were going. Making it one of the most economically strategic places in the Americas before the invention of the steam engine. This is something the French, British, and Americans alike all knew.

@ManMilk07

7 ай бұрын

I lives right next to the fortress for 7 years, it's I sight to behold

Lessons to be learned: 1. Don't assault an enemy in a fortified position if they outnumber you. Use a strategem if you must capture the fort, don't assault it. 2. WHY IN THE NINE HELLS ARE YOU INVADING CANADA IN THE WINTER?!

@MetalCharlo

8 ай бұрын

murica babyyyy

@redwater4778

8 ай бұрын

Life would be a lot better in America if we were under British rule.

@SigmaSixSoftware

8 ай бұрын

There’s also that the “lower town and upper town here” that wall is big and the cliff is also big. The city is built in a way so that those paths are choke points for invaders

@Hyperi0nn

8 ай бұрын

@@redwater4778 *Look at England in 2023* Yeaaahhh I doubt that....

@ASecureLab

8 ай бұрын

they assaulted the citizen around the fortified city, the citizens from their home fought off the americans without the british military help inside the city. AKA they did have a plan to force the military out by attacking civilians, but the civilians held their ground and won over the american military

Fun fact: my great X8 grandfather was the french military engineer who designed both fort tyconderoga (formerly fort carillon) and the defenses around Quebec city. The walls of Quebec are the only fortified city walls remaining in north america.

@chasechristophermurraydola9314

9 ай бұрын

Wow that’s really spectacular and interesting.

@jaewok5G

9 ай бұрын

that's the problem with building great fortifications manned by an inferior army … once they are taken by experienced command, they can be held forever.

@dylan4964

8 ай бұрын

We may be cousins... or atleast our ancestors may have known each other. My grandfather was pierre comeau a cooper and carpenter at port royal

@gargouenzene

8 ай бұрын

​@@jaewok5GUK and USA are the worst septic tanks in the history of earth. English is the shittiest language in the history of earth. Understood ?

@chucaruba109

8 ай бұрын

I live near Ticonderoga. Ive touched the walls your grandfather built. Vive Liberté mon amis!

Quebec City is the most underrated city of all time

@sirisaacbrock798

8 ай бұрын

Right. It has such a fascinating history.

@Lolmaro.

7 ай бұрын

I lived in Montréal all my life and going back to Québec has never disappointed 🙏

@Alexelliste

7 ай бұрын

perhaps because the winter shifts through the weak just like in the video ahahah

I'm from Québec and, seeing a map of the city at the time is very interesting, I'm able to visualize where certain historical buidings are while also vizualizing where iconic buildings that did not exist at the time are today.

@thierrylavoie5462

8 ай бұрын

Just by looking at the overall shape of the wall you can guess where stuff is today it’s awesome that our walls are still holding and such an iconic figure of our city

@francoisg1393

8 ай бұрын

From Québec as well, and that's what I kept looking at as well. It was interesting to match my knowledge of the geography of the city with a more detailed history of it. I knew "some" of the stuff that happened, but I never really learned who did what, and in which order. I'm more familiar with the battle of the plains of Abraham, but always knew of the battle of Quebec city without ever doing a deep dive. Great video.

@LordKalte

8 ай бұрын

Criss de mauvais plan d'attaquer le Petit Champlain par le sud, pas surprenant qu'ils se sont fait clancher en une salve

@power2084

7 ай бұрын

@@LordKalte Dans le quartier champlain, il y a une Rue de la Barricade, et sur la pancarte en métal qui indique le nom de la rue, just en dessous du nom de la rue ça dit en tout petit: "Les forces américaines repoussées le 31 décembre 1775" 😄

@ciscof4041

4 ай бұрын

Are the Quebec walls still there?

As someone living in Quebec City, not thank you for reminding me that snow is only 2-3 months away...

@Old_Ladies

8 ай бұрын

Quebec City is such a beautiful city at least in the summer. Really great food, great people and great architecture.

@bonjourtoi3894

8 ай бұрын

Non pas encore l'hiver. Je préfère faire du vélo que passer le souffleuse à neige. 🙂

Small but important detail (for a Montrealer): the "Montreal" dot in the video is actually Laval. Montreal is the big Island south-east of Laval.

@HistoryRebels

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m not sure how that slipped through the cracks, but I’ve corrected for future videos :)

@OdinWannaBe

8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryRebels It's impossible to be 100% perfect, overall good vidéo !!!

@SaltyRaccoon

7 ай бұрын

@@HistoryRebels Also, tiny detail, but Montréal isn't pronounced "Mon-TRE-all", it's more like "MUN-treel". Keep on the good stuff, it's still a great video!

@anderson00832

7 ай бұрын

@@SaltyRaccoon no , it's pronouced mon-réal ... you don't prononced the T in it

@SaltyRaccoon

7 ай бұрын

@@anderson00832 "Mon-réal" is of course the official, french-speaking way of pronouncing it (as a french québécois it's how I pronounce it). But there is also a way that english-speaking québécois pronounce it, which is just as valid as the french one. Just like for Toronto, you can say "To-Ron-To" in french, but in english it's more like "Chrunno".

As a French-Canadian American New Englander, I'm not sure how to feel about this 1 👀

@Dayvit78

9 ай бұрын

enjoy it :) History happened exactly as it did so that you are here.

@yingsnnn808

9 ай бұрын

Man is a melting pot😂😂😂

@aoki6332

8 ай бұрын

Just be Happy that we got to at less survive under the British and not get the same treatment as the Spanish and Indigenous people under the manifest destiny of American Imperialism

@lecoureurdesbois86

8 ай бұрын

Tu dois nous rejoindre, on manque de bras!

@Saint_Edward_987

8 ай бұрын

@@aoki6332 The Spanish deserved to be banished. Being under America would probably have been better for Quebec.

I am from Chambly, QC. The French fort there was originally built from wood in the late 1600s and was promptly burned down. It was rebuilt in stone in the early 1700s and fell into British hands after the battle of the plains of Abraham. Apparently, the British gave up the fort without much of a fight during the campaign described in this video. There is a grave marker there for American soldiers that didn't make it, most of the deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. In the 1980s Parks Canada restored the fort so you can visit it, small but very interesting. Other than Quebec it must be one of Canada's oldest forts that's still standing.There is a great book called The Path of Destiny that explains many of these situations that helped form the borders we have today. I hope to visit the other forts like Ticonderoga and Crown point when I get a chance.

@GrudgeyCable

7 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Love me some early Canadian history.

Yes he’s back. Let’s support this man’s project.

The street where the Canadien militia repelled the Americans is still called "Rue de la Barricade" and there's a plaque commemorating the event. As said, it was a stormy day. The bodies were buried quickly in the snow. It's only in Spring that they were found. If the dogs didn't find them first. As for General Montgomery, he was brought before Carlton inside the city's walls. There's also a plaque on the house where the house he died was situated. That building is now an hotel called Maison du Général. He was buried soberly but with dignity since he was appreciated by both Americans and British.

Now this is a detailed telling of the Quebec campaign 👏 👌 top notch

The population of Quebec was split, some helped the americans and there were punishments from the English on those who helped. Also Lafayette was asked at the end of the war to take Quebec but he refused. Said he didn't have enough men.

French Canadian militiamen saved Canada in 1775-1776 and the War of 1812

As a Quebecer, I can certify that attacking Québec City in the winter through the rivers is a very bad idea. Especially if you have shown anti french sentiments before.

@OdinWannaBe

8 ай бұрын

The brits + the local French Canadians AND Scottish immigrant population... yep

@ferlottes

7 ай бұрын

Au moins tu pourrais écrire : "as a QUÉBÉCOIS" un peu de fierte tabarnak !

@goldenturtle111

7 ай бұрын

@@ferlottes Tu prends les choses trop au sérieux mon ami

@ferlottes

7 ай бұрын

@@goldenturtle111 : j'apprécie ton rappel à l'ordre. Vive le Québec libre !

@tomy1645

7 ай бұрын

​@@goldenturtle111C'est pourtant en ne se prenant pas au sérieux qu'on se fait encore manger la laine sul dos aujourd'hui.

One of my ancestor grandfathers, Seth Hoyt, served under "then loyal" Benedict Arnold on his march through the Maine wilderness to attack Quebec. He survived this campaign and then went on to fight under George Washington at Trenton and Princeton. He survived that as well. He was one of the men that was due to get out on December 31 after the battle of Trenton but volunteered to stay and fight to take Princeton.

Knowing how good the defense quebec city are idk how you could ever think you can capture it while outnumbered especially from an attack to the lower part of the city since the upper part of the town is a fortress on the top of a cliff.

Great video! When the Continental army reached Montréal, they brought with them a printing press to be used as a way to convince the Canadiens to join the revolution. The newspaper was named La Gazette, written in French. After the Insurgents left, the paper remained and became bilingual, then English only. It still exists today as The Gazette. Governor Guy Carleton was disappointed with the support he received from the Canadiens. He once said: ''Nothing to fear from them when everything is fine but nothing to hope for when trouble comes''.

@gargouenzene

8 ай бұрын

Carleton was one of the assholes who came in america to destroy New France. That POS expected support from the people who lived in New France ? 😂😂😂😂😂

@marc-etiennemercier6584

8 ай бұрын

I guess that's what you get for invading a nation.

@bonjourtoi3894

8 ай бұрын

Et oui les médias. Ça date !

If the invading Americans had tolerated the Catholic church and allowed for more self-control - and the use of French - by the locals, they would have had massive local support and likely won. But nope, they behaved like the English did, with the same (then) Protestant intolerance, and same arrogance versus the locals. The local English rulers were more shrewd, and did give some more power and rights to the French Canadians (Quebecers). It pains me that it took so little to have them be neutral here. I don't get how so many armies don't seek the support of the locals, especially in cases like these where they openly resent the rulers.

@OdinWannaBe

8 ай бұрын

Very good analysis of the political dynamic of this era

@ephraimboateng5239

8 ай бұрын

TBF, they WERE british at the time and since they had not knowledge of the local population, they just acted in a way that was natural to them, while the local british inhabitants/ruler were more aware that you're not supposed to do that if you want to keep popular support

@MVProfits

8 ай бұрын

​@@ephraimboateng5239 yep. But they must have had at least some contacts with natives. Even if Quebecers were not, just talking about some need to gain local support and adapt... or just pretend to adapt. BTW local English rulers were typically way more pragmatic, as they dealt with locals, while many big merchants and rulers in England proper were rigid condescending ideologues. Partly because of arrogance, but likely to gain clout, political gains and so on... as it's still the same today. Dumb politicians and disconnected Big Corps only thinking of themselves and personal gains, regardless of consequences to the population, soldiers, etc. Back to this case, since Americans were invading, and they must have surely known that the locals resented the rulers, it just would have made sense to gain local support! For food, lodging, good intel, etc. I mean, they had a common enemy! But protestants had been quite intolerant at the time. Just think how even if a few decades ago, if you weren't one, how you had no chance for big offices as a politician in the US.

Proud to see the epic History influence

Enjoyed the video. As a Canadian I had actually forgotten about this campaign. Was a nice refresher, cheers.

Thank you from Montreal, mom's from Halifax, dad met her there while in the navy, her mom survived The Halifax Explosion, very well done! I love hearing all the french last names when just over the border! Josée Noël

Class is back in session!

Disaster campaign! I never ear about it. Great video, man 💪

@bonjourtoi3894

8 ай бұрын

C'est normal nos écoles sont pourries !

As someone from Québec, this was amazing !

It always fascinated me that the Americans managed to made it this far north into Canada during the American Revolutionary war. They practically had control of all the south of modern day Quebec province. In addition to the harsh weather, the invasion failed because the Americans were hit by a smallpox epidemic that severely weakened their forces. More Americans died of disease than actual fighting during the invasion. I recently visited Fort Lennox/Ile-aux-Noix were the Americans had set up a camp for their troops and it is said that so many men were infected with smallpox there that hundreds of them had died and were buried in a mass grave somewhere on the island. Fun facts : Accordingly, in order to troll the Americans during the siege of Quebec, the British put a wooden horse on the walls, in clear view of the besiegers, and then put a bundle of hay in front of it. They then put a placard that said something like "The city will surrender only when this horse will have completely eaten the hay". Also, it is said that when Daniel Morgan and his men were forced to surrender, he refused to give his sword to Carleton, giving it instead to a French Canadian priest who had came out of his hiding spot when the fighting was over. This was a really great video!

@Hilts931

8 ай бұрын

Dying of disease and other attritions massively affected a majority of moving armies at the time.

@HepCatJack

8 ай бұрын

Ben Franklin went into Quebec city to try to drum up support for the American revolution, but from the perspective of French Canadians it was a war of the British on the British, which would result in fewer British. There was discrimination against Catholics by the ruling British back then that lasted well into the 20th Century. The discrimination against the Irish during the potato famine also comes to mind. They had a lot to lose and it's not clear that they would have won anything. French speaking kids in Louisiana in the 1950's were beaten school if caught speaking French to one another. The French language was so suppressed that these kids lost their native language and couldn't speak to their Grand-Parents. Keeping in mind that this is how Americans treated their French minority after the Louisiana purchase despite the help they received in the Revolutionary war from France. How immigrants from Mexico are sometimes treated when a Karen hear them speaking Spanish has not gone unnoticed either. With knowledge of what happened subsequently, they appeared to have made the right choice given concessions obtained by the British govt at the time.

@TerreSeche213

8 ай бұрын

@@HepCatJack There has been repression against French speakers in Canada too. Both the British authorities and the Canadian government have tried to assimilate the French Canadians. Through massive British immigration, the French Canadians had become a minority in their own country in the 1830s and in 1840, the Canadian parliament was reorganized so that the French Canadians were now also in a political minority (by number of seats). In the 1870s and 1880s, the Canadian government sent the army to take control over indigenous and Metis lands in Manitoba. In the following decades, many provinces adopted laws to prevent French Canadians to attend school in French. Almost all French Canadians and Acadians who moved to the US have now disappeared, but it was not necessarily easy for those who stayed in Canada.

@OdinWannaBe

8 ай бұрын

@@HepCatJack Interesting read.

@TheHeat55

8 ай бұрын

Intéressant de se rappeler qu'un jour les francophones étaient en majorité au Canada.@@TerreSeche213

I'm from Quebec and we learned all that at school, but it's been a while and the teachers were so boring that I had forgotten most of it. This, on the other hand, was entertaining and well done. Thank you for that, I dont think I'll forget it again.

@Lolmaro.

7 ай бұрын

C'est le probleme avec nos générations, on connait rien pis on se forme une opinion avec les grands médias qui nous bourrent de propagande....

To be fair, we had just been conquered by the british in 1759, so jumping aboard with another bunch of englishmen rebelling against the taxes that had been levied to conquer us was not a very appealing option... And the british crown was pretty devious in letting us keep our catholic religion, civil code and french language, so that we'd have even fewer reasons to rebel. But that would bring us to the 1837-38 rebellion, as well as the 1980 and 1995 independance referendums. ;-)

Fort Chambly still stands today! The pride of my hometown!!

I was born and raised in Quebec. I remember when up near the gate near the plains of Abraham the were renovating the wall and cam across 100 or so bones of buried bodies. Also there is a elevated grave yard on St johns street near a church that is now a library and a corner store with a parking lot behind it the city was renovating the sidewalk around 1983-4 and discovered hundreds of arm and leg bones sticking out from under the wall of the sidewalk and the city dug a trench into the graveyard and came upon a crypt under another crypt with 2 coffins in it. One was of a lesser grade officer and the other was someone much more important. My friend stole the head as well as other bones and made tourist jewelry out of the bones. He kept the skull and to this day i believe he still has it. Maybe on his death bed he will give it back?

Hey let's start an invasion of Quebec in the fall, completely unprepared for winter 🥶

@ephraimboateng5239

8 ай бұрын

Dont forget to NOT bring your winter clothing! Surely canada cant be as cold as they say, right? RIGHT?

@joeblog2672

7 ай бұрын

Then the good old Kentucky boys did the same thing in 1812, marching into Canada wearing light clothing! Some things never change. That year former president Jefferson said "The acquisition of Canada... will be a mere matter of marching". The last thing any country wants to do is fight Canadians. Don't let our reputation as peace keepers fool you either.

@MoreOnPleeez

29 күн бұрын

Tbf no one fights very hard for canada​@@joeblog2672

My ancestry is pretty much all French Canadian some of the first settlers on Canadian soil were my ancestors. So the likelihood of them fighting in this is very likely and 1812 also.

Can you do one on John Lamb. He was an officer in the continental army and was good friends with Benedict Arnold. Who was also injured and captured at the battle of Quebec. He was also in command of West Point during the war. He was even named officer of the day for his command of the U.S. artillery forces during the siege of Yorktown against Cornwallis. He is a nearly forgotten but important figure during the war.

I just finished watching the previous two videos, and was about to sign up to watch the next video, then you uploaded this, what a treat. I still plan on signing up to your patreon. I hope the algorithm gods bless this channel.

@polygonalfortress

9 ай бұрын

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@HistoryRebels

9 ай бұрын

Thanks very much Charles, and really pleased you like the channel! More to come soon

@notthefbi7932

9 ай бұрын

Yes we must all make a sacrifice to the algorithm gods 😁 This is a great channel 👍

@laurensiemens1436

8 ай бұрын

I wish queer bec wasn't in Canada at all. They drag us down in history and they will in the future

Starting an envasion in the end of august is crazy

Thanks!

@HistoryRebels

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thanks

@HistoryRebels

8 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot Dan, really appreciated. More to come soon!

Despite being born and living near Trois-Rivieres, it’s the first time I recall hearing about the battle of Trois-Rivieres.

@OdinWannaBe

6 ай бұрын

same mon gars, je savais même pas et je suis née la

Yooo he’s back

Amazing work!! Keep these videos coming!!

lets go!!! Keep up the great work

Again another brilliant video keep it up my man

Excellent series so far.. I really appreciate the honest outside perspective on the American Revolution. Looking forward to more!

French and indian war. The revolution, war of 1812, Mexican american war and Spanish american war are some real blind spots for mw so I'm glad to see someone make animated videos on them

@HistoryRebels

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve. Once we're finished with the Revolution, we'll definitely look to do one of these next!

@shinogaming4978

6 ай бұрын

Someone should make a game about thoses wars!

Loving the series. Have you thought about talking about the organization of a regiment?

One of the most in depth videos on this battle I've seen. Well done! Normally, all I hear is the Americans trudged through the winter to get there, showed up exhausted and depleted by disease and the march, attacked in a blizzard and it didn't go well. That's it nothing to see here, pretend this didn't happen.

Fantastique. Quality and detail. Thank you.

An excellent video. Well done.

Been waiting for this video!

Excellent work!

Amazing Video !!!

Very good. Love this project. 👍

Wonderful video!

Amazing video

Great video.

Great video

These videos are awesome. Great content, delivery and just the right size vid. Keep them up!

Great video. Keep it up!!

Cannot wait for the next video. Very excited

I love what you do. Please keep it up

Excellent work sir

Very well done! So glad to have found this channel. +1 sub. Phoenix, AZ.

Very well done series.

Loving the series! Good balance for both sides. Can't wait for the next one!

Great job, keep up the good work!

Awesome video and great detailed history. Keep it up. Can't believe what our ancestors were capable of in terms of weathering the elements.

Keep up the great show!

@HistoryRebels

9 ай бұрын

Thanks very much Jon, really appreciate the tip. More to come soon!

So glad I stumbled upon your channel! This is fantastic work. Well done.

@HistoryRebels

9 ай бұрын

Very pleased you liked it! And thanks for the tip :)

Awesome!

this was all the stuff i was suppose to have learned growing up, and this guy sums it up in 16 mins............... nice work, i learned alot...........👍👍👍👍

I'm a French-Canadian and i born in Montreal city and today, i live in Quebec City. I eat to the restaurant whit my wife in lower Quebec. In futur, i never see Quebec City as before. Thanks for that.

Can't wait for the next video

Yesssss. Another videooo

Nice to have you back. I can't wait to see you cover the Ten Crucial Days

@HistoryRebels

9 ай бұрын

That's coming soon! But first New York...

Amazing and detailed analysis de l'histoire du Canada.

Geeat video great voice haven't seen this battle before

I live near Crown Point, i cant wait for your episodes on the wilderness war and the battles for Ticonderoga and Saratoga!

The graphics and story telling not to mention the additon of pictures reminds me a lot of epic history tv and i like it 👌

God I love this channel. I can’t believe no other channel has videos on the revolution like this.

"let's convince French-Canadians to join our cause" *captures Montreal, proceeds to close down churches and discriminate against the French* Good job lol

OMG YOU POSTED :D

More PLEASE!

My 8th grade teacher back in the day would've def showed this to my class bro good work

👍 Great work. I enjoyed and loved it. Wish some Western history KZreadrs and American Revolutionary War history enthusiasts cover other theaters of the American Revolutionary War(1775-83). Like the Anglo-Maratha War of 1775-83 and the humiliating and disastrous defeats suffered by British and British EIC forces in India at that time.

It’s been reported historically that it was 300 men montogomery had against 30 Canadian militiamen when he was struck down.

This is great.

This is great

Very nice video. I'm from Saint-Jean (known as Fort St. Johns back then)

Good stuff man, I love it! Im interested, how did you make your gun smoke effects?

@HistoryRebels

9 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, I’m a fan of your channel too! The gun smoke is from vecteezy, I also get the snow/mist animations from there too

My 7th GGF is Charles Grim from Winchester Virginia , close confidant to Daniel Morgan . They were both pow at Quebec. Crazy to think if he didn’t survive , I wouldn’t be here

They tried again in 1812

@gargouenzene

8 ай бұрын

And the british troops burned the White House !

Love it

Well done 👏 ✔ 👍

Happy to see this covered. It’s seldom takes about in the states. I think I see why, it’s an awful campaign to take part in.

@HistoryRebels

9 ай бұрын

Thanks FieldMarshal - the expedition is a truly harrowing story!

Very good

Fun fact: Montréal and Québec, in both official languages in Canada, take an accent in their name when writing name. Just like Trois-Rivières or other French origin names.

@funkyjeff77

8 ай бұрын

Trois-Rivières ça prend un s à la fin aussi !

@nicolasgalipeau3632

8 ай бұрын

Touché, esti! :D@@funkyjeff77

@FrenchLightningJohn

7 ай бұрын

don't expect squareheads to respect our language, they still say and write joan of arc instead of jeanne d'arc and st-lawrence instead of st-laurent, they only care about their language and transforming others people language into a butched variant of english to humiliate us

Very nice graphics and clear explications, bravo! A little anecdote, Montgomery's corpse was stored in a snowbank awaiting repatriment :)I visted an exhibition in Montreal over 10 years ago on an american shipwreck that was transporting home revolutionary soldiers and sunk.

another great video! … now I wait for The Battle of Saratoga and a deserved victory for a great American general! …

In general, an attacking force needs three times as many men to prevail against a defending force. The Americans lacked that advantage, and also had other factors working against them. I don't see how they could have possibly won this battle.

@Robertz1986

8 ай бұрын

Many French colonists joined the American attack, and the British had to force the French militia in at the threat of forcing their wives and children out into the winter with no provisions if the men refused to fight. The British were quite ruthless. There was a thought that the French might not fight, and if the battle had been more pitched, they very well might have surrendered without a fight. That said, the American forces weren't great at logistics, tactics, and topography. When the British attacked New York.. what a disaster for the Continental Army!

@funkervogt47

8 ай бұрын

@@Robertz1986 What percentage of the defending force was French?

@Robertz1986

8 ай бұрын

@funkervogt47 I am not sure, but there were about 1,800 defenders, and they were overwhelming militia drawn from the province. A few hundred were militia drawn from other neighboring ethnic British colonies, and of the 500 recruited by Carleton by threat, 300 were French and 200 British. The forces drawn from Montreal that retreated I would imagine were at least if not more French. If I had to guess, I would presume that the force was primarily French that defended Quebec, and probably by a good margin, but I'm not totally sure.

@funkervogt47

8 ай бұрын

@@Robertz1986 But by that time, it was known in Canada that the Americans were anti-Catholic and anti-French. Their resentment towards the British was probably balanced out by their resentment towards the Americans.

@Robertz1986

8 ай бұрын

@funkervogt47 The British and Americans were anti-Catholic and anti-French. The French hated British rule, but also feared that liberation by the Americans might not be much of a liberation if Catholic or French institutions were attacked. In reality, most French Canadiens wanted absolutely no part in the war. They viewed it as an English civil war and really just wanted to be left alone. The French, mostly, had no desire to support the Revolution but also no desire to resist it. Thousands were forced to fight for the British, but many under threats against them or their families, and many hundreds fought for the Americans voluntarily, but compared to the numbers who fought against the joint British American invasion in the 1750s that had originally subjugated them, the support for both sides was negligible. The British did complain of American sympathizers and spies "raising holy hell" among the population before and during the invasion, and the Catholic church denounced those who supported the American invasion and denied them the right to Christian burial, but generally people were pretty mixed on their positions and most just didn't want trouble. When the Americans first captured Montreal, the population was passive and somewhat supportive, but American policies push all that off the rails.

This story hits home for me. I have a copy of a 1789 George Washington Letter, that was written up as an introduction for Montgomery's Widow - Janet, for when she was going to visit her In-Law's in Ireland. Janet personally carried this letter over the Atlantic. This letter was addressed to my Ancestor, which in turn, Janet visited his place. This letter, was inherited down through the family lineages & ended up in my Family History. My Ancestor, knew Richard's family very well. From what I've researched, the failure of this assault, as described by the narrator, Montgomery felt that some, if not most of his army would retreat on the 1st of January 1776, due to their term ending, Montgomery pushed onwards because of this deadline (they've come so far to fail - now or never), he payed the ultimate price. After the war, Aaron Burr was propelled into his Senate Seat, greatly assisted from Janet Montgomery, due to her influences with the President & her Livingston Family for assisting in getting Richard's body back to Janet. Though from what I understand, Burr didn't initially obtain / drag his body. The British buried him with honors (honours) & the American's had to get a release, in order for Richard's body to get dug up & handed back (this duty, is where Janet assisted in Burr to obtain the senate seat).