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Title: Butler's Rangers - The American Revolution - Join or Die - A Question ...
 
Type: Document
Description: Many Loyalists who fled the Thirteen Colonies formed guerrilla armies that were Britain's most effective weapon against the American Revolution. The most notorious of them all was Butler's Rangers, led by John Butler, a wealthy New York landowner who recruited Loyalists and Indians from the Six Nations to fight the Americans. The story of Butler and his Rangers is the subject of this excerpt from the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Battle of Ste. Foy - Another Fight for Quebec - Battle for a Continent
 
Type: Document Film and Video
Description: At the battle of Ste. Foy, British General James Murray's troops fought French General Francois-Gaston de Lévis' soldiers. In a two-hour battle, the verdict of the Plains of Abraham was reversed. The French were victorious, but the British remained in control of Quebec. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: American Rebels Urge Quebec to Join Revolution - Introduction to The P...
 
Type: Document Film and Video
Description: In 1774, North America was on the edge of a new upheaval. While Quebec had been conquered and was now British, the Thirteen Colonies were going through their own tortured identity crisis: would they remain British colonies or become a republic? The people of Quebec found themselves being pressured to join the revolution. A manifesto from the 13 Colonies was posted in Montreal and Quebec City urging citizens into an alliance with the Americans. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Governor and the General - Battle for a Continent
 
Type: Document Film and Video
Description: Synopsis of television episode focusing on the tension between General Louis-Joseph, the Marquis de Montcalm and Governor Pierre de Rigaud, the Marquis de Vaudreuil of the French colony. The setting is Quebec City in 1756, and each feels that he should be the one to lead North American troops into battle against Britain. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: French Surrender at Montreal - Another Fight for Quebec - Battle for a...
 
Type: Document
Description: The French retreat to Montreal, under the command of French General Francois-Gaston de Lévis. They are met by three British armies totalling 17,000 men. By September, the armies had surrounded Lévis at Montreal. Governor Marquis de Vaudreuil felt there was nothing left but to surrender the town. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Joseph Brant - Introduction - A Question of Loyalties
 
Type: Document
Description: Joseph Brant was a Mohawk chief who had been educated in English and straddled two cultures without effort. This excerpt from the television series "Canada: A People's History" describes Brant's trip to England in 1775 as the emissary of the Six Nations Confederacy. He offered to fight the King's enemies -- the American Revolutionaries -- if Britain agreed to give back Indian lands in America. A deal was made. Site includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Battle on the Plains of Abraham - Battle for a Continent
 
Type: Document Film and Video
Description: Uncoordinated French troops start shooting at their enemy on the Plains of Abraham. They are quickly defeated, and retreat within 15 minutes, after the British fire across a line a mile wide, with the power of double-loaded muskets, followed by a full British bayonet advance. The battle lasted no more than 15 minutes. Uncoordinated French troops start shooting at their enemy on the Plains of Abraham. They are quickly defeated, and retreat within 15 minutes, after the British fire across a line a mile wide, with the power of double-loaded muskets, followed by a full British bayonet advance. The battle lasted no more than 15 minutes. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, video clips, and biography of General Montcalm.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Marie-Anne de Drucour - "La Bombardière" - Battle for a Continent - Fo...
 
Type: Document Film and Video
Description: Description of television episode on the British attack on Louisbourg. Augustin de Drucour, the governor of Louisbourg, knew the fortress couldn't hold against the British attack. Marie-Anne de Drucour, the governor's wife, climbed to the ramparts and fired three cannons every day during the two-month siege. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: British Forces Assemble - Plains of Abraham - Battle for a Continent
 
Type: Document
Description: British forces assemble in an abandoned farmer's field, the Plains of Abraham, on top of a steep hill in Quebec. General Wolfe sets up two lines of soldiers, many of them Highlanders, each loading two musketballs, to maximize their firepower. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Canada and the American Revolution - Introduction to Washington Eyes Q...
 
Type: Document
Description: On April 19, 1775, the shot heard around the world was fired at Lexington, Massachusetts, plunging Britain and the Thirteen colonies into war. Now, whether they liked it or not, Canadians would be drawn into America's Revolution. American rebel commander George Washington was determined to seize Quebec before Britain could use it as a springboard to invade the Thirteen Colonies. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
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