Generals Schuyler and Montgomery launch an attack from Fort Ticonderoga into British controlled Canada. They lay siege Fort St. Jean. After several months they capture the fort and take prisoner nearly all British regulars in Canada. Afterwards, the Americans capture Montreal without a fight.
British Commander Guy Carleton dons a disguise and escapes back to Quebec. He prepares to defend the city against the American forces.
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Episode 035: Carolina Regulators and the Battle of Alamance
Episode 034: Massacre Fallout and Townshend Acts Repealed
Episode 033: The Boston Massacre
Episode 032: The Battle of Golden Hill
Episode 031: Wilkes and Liberty & Tar and Feathers
Episode 030: The Occupation of Boston
Episode 029: The Liberty Riot
Episode 028: Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
Episode 027: Prime Minister Pitt Falls from Power
Episode 026: The Townshend Acts
Episode 025: Tensions Simmer
Episode 024: Stamp Act Repeal and Declaratory Act
Episode 023: The Stamp Act Congress
Episode 022: The Stamp Act and Quartering Act of 1765
Episode 021: The Colonies React to Taxes
Episode 020: The Sugar Act & Currency Act of 1764
Episode 019: Suppressing the Indians
Episode 018: Pontiac's War
Episode 017: Parsons Cause, Bishops, and Trade
Episode 016: Treaty of Paris & Wilkes Affair
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