Fall of New France

FALL OF NEW FRANCE

CURSE YOU MERCANTILISM

• THE THEORY OF MERCANTILISM LED TO THE INEVITABLE WAR BETWEEN BRITAIN AND FRANCE

LOUISBOURG

FORTRESS

• LOUISBOURG WAS AT A PIVOTAL POINT FOR THE SECURITY FOR NEW FRANCE

• WHY DO YOU THINK THIS WAS?

BATTLE OF QUEBEC

• 3 MONTH LONG SIEGE• OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF QUEBEC

PLAINS OF ABRAHAM

• SMALL BATTLE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS

• 10 000 SOLDIERS ON EACH SIDE• DECIDED THE FATE OF NEW

FRANCE

LEADERS

• THE BRITISH GENERAL – JAMES WOLFE

• THE FRENCH GENERAL – LOUIS-JOSEPH DE MONTCALM

HEY LET’S WALK UP TO EACH OTHER AND SHOOT

• WOLFE ORDERED HIS MEN TO HOLD FIRE UNTIL THE FRENCH WERE WITHIN 25 METRES• MONTCALM TOLD HIS ARMY TO STOP AT AROUND 60 METRES. FIRED – TOO FAR AWAY• MONTCALM THEN MOVED TO 40 METRES• THEY STOOD AT LOOKED AT EACH OTHER FOR 3 MINUTES• FRENCH LOST THE STARING CHALLENGED, OPENED FIRE• BRITISH USED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MARCH FORWARD A FEW MORE METRES AND FIRE

IN ONE ORGANIZED LINE• DESTROYED THE FRENCH