This is great! Thanks for sharing.

But coming so soon after the announcement of his death, the moment felt bittersweet.

He was Canada’s preeminent military historian, the author of 19 books that told us who we are and where we came from. He is already missed.

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I think there’s a typo in this entry. Shouldn’t it be 1,500?

Thanks for sharing. It looks good.

He said that “our affairs wear so favourable an aspect in Canada, that if Colonel Arnold should penetrate to Quebeck, the whole country will, in all probability, be in our hands soon.” It did not work out that way.

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The American invaders walked in unopposed on Nov. 13. Philip Schuyler, the general in overall charge of the invasion, wrote the Continental Congress on Nov. 11 expressing optimism.

It lay undefended after Guy Carleton, the colonial governor, fled in the night with his small garrison to Quebec City. The boatmen carrying Carleton muffled their oars so they could silently slip by American sentries on the St. Lawrence River. Montreal would capitulate on Nov. 12.

Yet success seemed within the Americans’ grasp on Nov. 11, 1775. Troops led by the rebel general, Richard Montgomery, had finally taken Fort St. Jean on the Richelieu River and were nearing the gates of Montreal.

Thanks to Ben McNally Books for hosting the Toronto launch my book, published by @dundurnpress.bsky.social

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Second, the idea of a North American wearing a kingly crown did not begin with Donald Trump.
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Adams made clear this wasn’t his idea. But, he said, it was being “whispered about in Coffee Houses” and had some supporters.
Two things to note: Some American colonists were already thinking in terms of controlling the continent. The invasion of Canada was underway and they expected success.