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The Invasion of Quebec (June 1775 – October 1776, French: Invasion du Québec) was the first major military initiative by the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The objective of the campaign was to seize the Province of Quebec (part of modern-day Canada) from Great Britain , and persuade French-speaking ...
Captain Simeon Thayer kept a journal which was published by the Rhode Island Historical Society in 1867 as The invasion of Canada in 1775. [75] After being captured at Quebec, Thayer was exchanged on July 1, 1777, and returned to the Continental Army with the rank of major. [76]
The Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille de Québec) was fought on December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses.
November 3, 1775: Quebec: American victory - capture of British force and subsequently overrun Montreal and much of Quebec [11] Battle of Longue-Pointe: September 25, 1775 Quebec British victory [12] Burning of Falmouth: October 18, 1775: Massachusetts: British burn Falmouth [13] Battle of Kemp's Landing: November 14, 1775: Virginia: British ...
The invasion of Quebec began when about 1500 men, then under the command of General Philip Schuyler, arrived at the undefended Île-aux-Noix in the Richelieu River on September 4, 1775. On September 6, the Americans began making forays toward Fort St. Jean, only 10 mi (16 km) away. [8]
(see "Nov 12, 1775 Articles of Capitulation") November 13 – The invaders appropriate royal stores. December 31 – At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.
The American invasion of Quebec began with the arrival at Île aux Noix of the Continental Army under the command of General Philip Schuyler on September 4, 1775. [8] Schuyler, who was ill at the time, eventually turned command of the army over to General Richard Montgomery, who ordered the army to besiege Fort Saint-Jean, which they did on ...
Quebec expedition or invasion of Quebec may refer to: Quebec expedition (1711), a British expedition during Queen Anne's War; Conquest of New France (1758–1763), British conquest of what became Quebec during the Seven Years' War; Invasion of Quebec (1775), an American invasion during the American Revolutionary War