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Points of view before the battle
Wolfe and Montcalm faced different challenges.Wolfe was on the attack .Montcalm is on the defense side.Wolfe really wanted to kill them and capure loisburg but Montcalm was just staying behing the wall and letting them shoot at them. -
The french and english at war
between 1690 and 1763were always at war.They wre fighting for power and territories on high seas.They wanted the resources in these territories.France and england faught for controll of new france. -
Deportation of the acadians
All of the acadiams were derpoted from nova scotia because the British couldnt trust them because they found 300 armed acadiand defending the st.lawrence river.This meant that all acadians were disloyal.This happened in 1755.They wre deported by ship to the new england colonies.A few escaped and went to hiding in the woods. -
The struggle for canada
Louisburg had been captured first it guarded the st.Lawrence river which led to the quebec colony.In 1758 the britsh collected a hudge force of war ships and troops of halifax.there was only one way to win new france.England will have to gain controll of frances two centres of power in north america. -
The batte on the plains of Abraham
Montcam had 6000 soliders including 300 upper great Lakes Odawa allies.About 4400 profesional British soilders waited on the plains.The British launcheded a masive volley of musket fire.1300 soilders died on the plains of Abrham -
Treaty of Paris
The surrender of Montreal in 1760 ended the fighting over new france .Finally in 1763 france and bratian singed the peace treaty ending the conflict. -
Pontiacs war against the British
Pontiac lead a war against the Britsh.This leader Odawa convinced several first nations to jion together to drive the british out of the ohio River Valley.Around the same time pointacs allies captured forts along the trading frontier south and west of lake erie . -
The Royal Proclamation
The British did not want to evict the Canadiens from there homes.However thay did not want to assimilate them.This means that the Canadiens would become more like the British and would lose their language and culture
.King George the Third singed the royal Proclamation. -
The Quebec Act
The attempt to turn Quebec into a colony with a British identidy failed.The Canadiens had developed such a strong sense of identity that they cannot be made British. -
Standoff
The French and the British bombared each other for almost nine weeks.The forttress of Quebec was in ruins but it sill had not been captured.
