The battle for the fourteenth colony
Subtitle: America's war of liberation in Canada, 1774-1776
By: Mark R. Anderson
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9781611684971
Subjects: Campaigns; Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776; History
Other titles: Battle for the 14th colony
Description: "In this dramatic retelling of one of history's great "what-ifs", Mark R. Anderson examines the American colonies' campaign to bing Quebec into the Continental confederation and free the Canadians from British "tyranny." -- jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-429) and index.
Table of contents: title: The only link wanting: the First Continental Congress invites Canada; title: New subjects to the king: Canadians and the Province of Quebec; title: Fuel for rebellion: the British party and the Quebec Act of 1774; title: Authors and agitators: patriot correspondence and John Brown's mission; title: Preemptive strikes: Ticonderoga and Fort St-Jean; title: That damned absurd word "liberty": Quebec's own rebellion; title: To erect the glorious standard of American liberty in Canada: the decision to intervene; title: The Canadians opened the road: continentals and partisans on the Richelieu River; title: The treachery and villainy of the Canadians: collaboration, resistance, and siege in the Montreal District; title: Another path to the heart of Quebec: Canada's capital, Hannibal's heir, and the Kennebec Expedition; title: To winter in Canada: "free" Montreal and Fortress Quebec; title: Time to consider politics: the Continental Congress, the Northern Army, and a Committee for Canada; title: Contest of wills at Quebec: the fortress capital; key to victory?; title: The question of loyalists: General Wooster and "liberated" Montreal, 1775; title: A critical month: Wooster's Montreal, January 1776; title: Evolving occupation: Montreal and the struggle for the Canadian spirit; title: A spirit of cooperation and understanding: William Goforth, Jean-Baptiste Badeaux, and Trois-Rivières; title: Patriot zealots: Benedict Arnold, Canadian patriots, and the Quebec City blockade; title: Spring of unrest: a Canadian battle in the Quebec District; title: A late-changing cast: new continental leadership for Canada; title: May tides: new arrivals and massive change for the province; title: The sad necessity of abandoning Canada: military collapse and the end of the Canadian continental experience; title: The causes of the miscarriages in Canada: Carleton and Congress investigate the failures; title: Conclusion: misinterpretations and missteps in a war to spread democracy.