Français  Contact Us  Help  Search  Canada Site Volume 1 (1000–1754) Volume 2 (1755-1871) Volume 3 (1872–2000) CHAPTER 1 The Conquest CHAPTER 2 The Revolt of Pontiac and the American Invasion Native Nations Resist British Control 1764: The Canadian Volunteers Battalion The British Garrison Military and Civilian Organization The Military Reputation of Canadians The Quebec Act The American Revolution The Invasion of Canada Montreal: An American City The Americans Lay Siege to Quebec The Attack on Quebec The American Tyranny Reinforcements from Britain The Defence of Nova Scotia John Burgoyne's Army in Canada German Soldiers! Raising Troops in Canada Burgoyne's Expedition The Militia and Fatigue Duties The German Presence Guerilla Warfare along the American Border France and Spain Enter the War Conflict in the Far North and South The British Lose the War The Arrival of the Loyalists CHAPTER 3 The Coveted Pacific Coast CHAPTER 4 The Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 CHAPTER 5 Demobilization CHAPTER 6 The Royal Navy, Ruler of the Seas CHAPTER 7 A Decade of Turbulence APPENDIX A The British Armed Forces APPENDIX B Daily Life of Soldiers and Officers APPENDIX C Uniforms and Arms APPENDIX D Reference      CHAPTER 2 The Revolt of Pontiac and the American Invasion           Native Nations Resist British Control ( 4 pages )           1 2 3 4      Amerindian Displeasure                The news of the signing of the Treaty of Paris on February 10, 1763, reached Canada as the spring navigation routes were opening up.  No sooner had Canadians learned that their country was to remain under the British flag than information that was more worrisome in the short term reached Quebec from the West and the Ohio Valley.  The forts there, which had been evacuated by the French and were now occupied by British garrisons, were being attacked by the Amerindians.  Indeed the presence of the British in these areas did not please many of the Native nations, who preferred the cordial diplomacy and gifts of the French era.  More serious still, the Americans were behaving as if they were in a conquered land and considered the Amerindian hunting grounds land to be colonized.  This caused resentment among the warriors.  Why, they asked themselves, should battles between white people in remote places have anything to do with their fate and that of their land?  Chief Pontiac, 25 an exceptional man, was able to rally several Amerindian nations.  His plan was very simple: get rid of the British and the Americans.           1 2 3 4   Last Updated: 2004-06-20 Important Notices