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020 _a9781611684988
020 _a1611684986
020 _z9781611684971 (cloth : alk. paper)
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_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aE231
_b.A64 2013
082 0 0 _a971.02/4
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100 1 _aAnderson, Mark R.
245 1 4 _aThe battle for the fourteenth colony
_h[electronic resource] :
_bAmerica's war of liberation in Canada, 1774-1776 /
_cMark R. Anderson.
260 _aHanover, New Hampshire :
_bUniversity Press of New England,
_c[2013]
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 438 pages :)
_billustrations, maps ;
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 417-429) and index.
505 0 _aThe only link wanting: the First Continental Congress invites Canada -- New subjects to the king: Canadians and the Province of Quebec -- Fuel for rebellion: the British party and the Quebec Act of 1774 -- Authors and agitators: patriot correspondence and John Brown's mission -- Preemptive strikes: Ticonderoga and Fort St-Jean -- That damned absurd word "liberty": Quebec's own rebellion -- To erect the glorious standard of American liberty in Canada: the decision to intervene -- The Canadians opened the road: continentals and partisans on the Richelieu River -- The treachery and villainy of the Canadians: collaboration, resistance, and siege in the Montreal District -- Another path to the heart of Quebec: Canada's capital, Hannibal's heir, and the Kennebec Expedition -- To winter in Canada: "free" Montreal and Fortress Quebec -- Time to consider politics: the Continental Congress, the Northern Army, and a Committee for Canada -- Contest of wills at Quebec: the fortress capital; key to victory? -- The question of loyalists: General Wooster and "liberated" Montreal, 1775 -- A critical month: Wooster's Montreal, January 1776 -- Evolving occupation: Montreal and the struggle for the Canadian spirit -- A spirit of cooperation and understanding: William Goforth, Jean-Baptiste Badeaux, and Trois-Rivieres -- Patriot zealots: Benedict Arnold, Canadian patriots, and the Quebec City blockade -- Spring of unrest: a Canadian battle in the Quebec District -- A late-changing cast: new continental leadership for Canada -- May tides: new arrivals and massive change for the province -- The sad necessity of abandoning Canada: military collapse and the end of the Canadian continental experience -- The causes of the miscarriages in Canada: Carleton and Congress investigate the failures -- Conclusion: misinterpretations and missteps in a war to spread democracy.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aCanadian Invasion, 1775-1776.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783
_xCampaigns.
651 0 _aQuebec (Quebec)
_xHistory
_ySiege, 1775-1776.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781611684988/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c34357
_d34357