Key Battles of the Revolutionary War, Part 7: The Quebec Campaign

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History Unplugged

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The Continental Army thought they could rally the French-speaking residents of Canada in their uprising against the British. Such thinking led to the Quebec Campaign. Although a major defeat for the Americans, it showed the dogged determinism of American commander Benedict Arnold, who also showed his bravery in the Battle of Saratoga before defecting to the British.

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