"Reverse of Fortune": the invasion of Canada and the coming of American Independence, 1774-1776

In the autumn of 1775, American revolutionaries invaded Canada in the hope of winning a fourteenth colony for the cause, dealing a fatal blow to the British war effort, and forcing London to reconcile on American terms. Led by Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold, the two-pronged effort met with n...

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Main Author: Ellison, Amy Noel
Language:en_US
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/17705