The Invasion of Canada by the Americans, 1775-1776 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Invasion of Canada by the Americans, 1775-1776 write by Mark R. Anderson. This book was released on 2016-03-14. The Invasion of Canada by the Americans, 1775-1776 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presents never before published and translated Canadian Loyalist and American Patriot first-hand accounts of the Quebec Campaign of the Revolutionary War. The Invasion of Canada by the Americans, 17751776 offers two significant, insightful, and intriguing first-hand accounts of the Revolutionary War. These previously untranslated and unpublished primary sources provide contrasting viewpoints from a Loyalist French-Canadian administrative official, Jean-Baptiste Badeaux, and a Patriot Continental officer, William Goforth. Compelling personal interactions with friends and neighbors, and local and provincial-level leadersas occupier and occupiedare documented. Their stories climax during the two-month period in early 1776 when Goforth was military governor of Three Rivers and Badeaux served as his somewhat reluctant interpreter and unofficial advisor. Including their experiences with Benedict Arnold and Quebecs Governor Guy Carleton, as well as letters to Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, this unique book provides diverse insights into the invasion of Canada and its immediate impact on the people on both sides of the revolution.
The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony
The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony write by Mark R. Anderson. This book was released on 2013-10-25. The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An unparalleled look at AmericaÍs Revolutionary War invasion of Canada
Benedict Arnold's Army
Benedict Arnold's Army - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Benedict Arnold's Army write by Arthur S. Lefkowitz. This book was released on 2008-03-04. Benedict Arnold's Army available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This “brilliant” account of Benedict Arnold’s military campaign to bring Canada into the Revolutionary War is “hard to put down”—includes maps (Mag Web). In 1775, Benedict Arnold led more than one thousand men through the Maine wilderness in order to reach Quebec, the capital of British-held Canada. His goal was to reach the fortress city and bring Canada into the Revolutionary War as the fourteenth colony. When George Washington learned of a route to Quebec that followed a chain of rivers and lakes through the Maine wilderness, he picked Col. Benedict Arnold to command the surprise assault. The route to Canada was 270 miles of rapids, waterfalls, and dense forests that took months to traverse. Arnold led his famished corps through early winter snow and waist-high freezing water, up and over the Appalachian Mountains, and finally, to Quebec. In Benedict Arnold’s Army, award-winning author Arthur S. Lefkowitz traces the troops’ grueling journey, examining Arnold’s character at the time and how this campaign influenced him later in the Revolutionary War. After multiple trips to the route Arnold’s army took, Lefkowitz also includes detailed information and maps for readers to follow the expedition’s route from the coast of Main to Quebec City.
The War Before Independence
The War Before Independence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The War Before Independence write by Derek W. Beck. This book was released on 2016-05-03. The War Before Independence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The United States was creeping ever closer to independence. The shot heard round the world still echoed in the ears of Parliament as impassioned revolutionaries took up arms for and against King and country. In this captivating blend of careful research and rich narrative, Derek W. Beck continues his exploration into the period preceding the Declaration of Independence, just days into the new Revolutionary War. The War Before Independence transports readers into the violent years of 1775 and 1776, with the infamous Battle of Bunker Hill – a turning point in the Revolution – and the snowy, wind-swept march to the frozen ground at the Battle of Quebec, ending with the exciting conclusion of the Boston Campaign. Meticulous research and new material drawn from letters, diaries, and investigative research throws open the doors not only to familiar figures and faces, but also little-known triumphs and tribulations of America's greatest military leaders, including George Washington. Wonderfully detailed and stunningly layered, The War Before Independence brings America's early upheaval to a ferocious boil on both sides of the battlefield, and vividly captures the spirit of a fight that continues to inspire brave hearts today.
Quebec During the American Invasion, 1775-1776
Quebec During the American Invasion, 1775-1776 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Quebec During the American Invasion, 1775-1776 write by François Baby. This book was released on 2005. Quebec During the American Invasion, 1775-1776 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Available for the first time in English, the 1776 journal of François Baby, Gabriel Taschereau, and Jenkin Williams provides an insight into the failure to incite rebellion in Quebec by American revolutionaries. While other sources have shown how British soldiers and civilians and the French-Canadian gentry (the seigneurs) responded to the American invasion of 1775-1776, this journal focuses on French-Canadian peasants (les habitants) who made up the vast majority of the population; in other words, the journal helps explain why Quebec did not become the "fourteenth colony." After American forces were expelled from Quebec in early 1776, the British governor, Sir Guy Carleton, sent three trusted envoys to discover who had collaborated with the rebels from the south. They traveled to fifty-six parishes and missions in the Quebec and Trois Rivières district, discharging disloyal militia officers and replacing them with faithful subjects. They prepared a report on each parish, revealing actions taken to support the Americans or the king. Baby and his colleagues documented a wide range of responses. Some habitants enlisted with the Americans; others supplied them with food, firewood, and transportation. Some habitants refused to cooperate with the king's soldiers. In some parishes, women were the Americans' most zealous supporters. Overall, the Baby Journal clearly reveals that the habitants played an important, but often overlooked, role in the American invasion.
