The Abortive Conquest of Canada

Megan McGill

• British set fire to the rain in Falmouth (Portland), Maine in October of 1775

• Colonists tried to attack Canada so the British couldn’t use it as an asset, but failed when General Richard Montgomery died and the colonists fled for home

• Colonists also kicked Brits out of Boston (Evacuation Day March 1776) and South had 2 wins in 1776 (Moore’s Creek Bridge, NC and Charleston Harbor)

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•Were the colonists legitimate in their attack

on Canada or was it a wrongful invasion of the

French’s land?