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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ARP208 Fort Morris & Augusta
AR-SP11 Independence Day Live
ARP207 British Opposition & French Distraction
AR-SP10 Lindsay Chervinsky - The Cabinet
ARP206 George Washington in Philadelphia
ARP205 Congress Enters 1779
ARP204 British Capture Savannah
ARP203 St Lucia and Dominica
ARP202 Cherry Valley Massacre
ARP201 Treason in Philadelphia
AR-SP09 Valcour, with Jack Kelly
ARP200 Culper Spy Ring
ARP199 Little Egg Harbor & Pulaski's Legion
ARP198 Raid on Old Tappan
ARP197 Cobleskill & German Flatts
ARP196 Rhode Island Campaign
ARP195 Courts Martial of Lee St Clair and Schuyler
ARP194 Battle of Ushant
ARP193 Silas Deane Hearings
AR-SP08 David Stewart: George Washington
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