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Contents ix List of Maps xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 6 chapter 1. The Only Link Wanting: The First Continental Congress Invites Canada 17 chapter 2. New Subjects to the King: Canadians and the Province of Quebec 31 chapter 3. Fuel for Rebellion: The British Party and the Quebec Act of 1774 45 chapter 4. Authors and Agitators: Patriot Correspondence and John Brown’s Mission 57 chapter 5. Preemptive Strikes: Ticonderoga and Fort St-Jean 71 chapter 6.That Damned Absurd Word “Liberty”: Quebec’s Own Rebellion 87 chapter 7.To Erect the Glorious Standard of American Liberty in Canada: The Decision to Intervene 102 chapter 8.The Canadians Opened the Road: Continentals and Partisans on the Richelieu River 121 chapter 9.The Treachery and Villainy of the Canadians: Collaboration, Resistance, and Siege in the Montreal District 139 chapter 10. Another Path to the Heart of Quebec: Canada’s Capital, Hannibal’s Heir, and the Kennebec Expedition 154 chapter 11.To Winter in Canada: “Free” Montréal and Fortress Québec 170 chapter 12.Time to Consider Politics: The Continental Congress, the Northern Army, and a Committee for Canada 182 chapter 13. Contest of Wills at Québec: The Fortress Capital—Key to Victory? 200 chapter 14.The Question of Loyalists: General Wooster and “Liberated” Montréal, 1775 213 chapter 15. A Critical Month: Wooster’s Montréal, January 1776 226 chapter 16. Evolving Occupation: Montréal and the Struggle for the Canadian Spirit 243 chapter 17. A Spirit of Cooperation and Understanding: William Goforth, Jean-Baptiste Badeaux, and Trois-Rivières 259 chapter 18. Patriot Zealots: Benedict Arnold, Canadian Patriots, and the Québec City Blockade 275 chapter 19. Spring of Unrest: A Canadian Battle in the Quebec District 290 chapter 20. A Late-Changing Cast: New Continental Leadership for Canada 303 chapter 21. May Tides: New Arrivals and Massive Change for the Province 316 chapter 22.The Sad Necessity of Abandoning Canada: Military Collapse and the End of the Canadian Continental Experience 332 chapter 23.The Causes of the Miscarriages in Canada: Carleton and Congress Investigate the Failures 345 Conclusion: Misinterpretations and Missteps in a War to Spread Democracy 355 Appendix 1. Canadian Voices: A Note on Sources 359 Appendix 2.The Polarized Legacy of General David Wooster 361 Notes 417 Select Bibliography 431 Index ...

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