The Abortive Conquest of Canada Megan McGill. British set fire to the rain in Falmouth (Portland), Maine in October of 1775 Colonists tried to attack.

The Abortive Conquest of Canada

Megan McGill

• British set fire to the rain in Falmouth (Portland), Maine in October of 1775

• Colonists tried to attack Canada so the British couldn’t use it as an asset, but failed when General Richard Montgomery died and the colonists fled for home

• Colonists also kicked Brits out of Boston (Evacuation Day March 1776) and South had 2 wins in 1776 (Moore’s Creek Bridge, NC and Charleston Harbor)

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•Were the colonists legitimate in their attack

on Canada or was it a wrongful invasion of the

French’s land?