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Title: Attack on British Forts and Settlements - Battle for a Continent - War...

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Description: Description of television episode on the declaration of war by Britain against France in 1756. Discusses the first battles of the war at Forts Oswego, William Henry, and Carillon as well as at German Flats. Governor Vaudreuil and General Montcalm never agreed on strategy - Vaudreuil's war was one of attrition and Montcalm hated guerrilla warfare. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, and video clips.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: French Forces Mobilize - Plains of Abraham - Battle for a Continent

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Description: Unsure of how many points of attack the British have mobilized, French forces, under General Montcalm, decide to start shooting at their enemy on the Plains of Abraham. Montcalm has decided not to wait for reinforcements from Louis-Antoine de Bougainville and his troops at Beauport. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, video clips, and a biography of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: Division in Wolfe's Camp - Battle for Quebec - Battle for a Continent

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Description: The British bombing of Quebec lasted nine weeks, and still they could not take the city. The British camp was confused and divided. General James Wolfe could not decide where to attack and he faced growing opposition even within his own ranks. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: Battle on the Plains of Abraham - Battle for a Continent

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Description: Uncoordinated French troops start shooting at their enemy on the Plains of Abraham. They are quickly defeated, and retreat within 15 minutes, after the British fire across a line a mile wide, with the power of double-loaded muskets, followed by a full British bayonet advance. The battle lasted no more than 15 minutes. Uncoordinated French troops start shooting at their enemy on the Plains of Abraham. They are quickly defeated, and retreat within 15 minutes, after the British fire across a line a mile wide, with the power of double-loaded muskets, followed by a full British bayonet advance. The battle lasted no more than 15 minutes. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, video clips, and biography of General Montcalm.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: British Forces Assemble - Plains of Abraham - Battle for a Continent

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Description: British forces assemble in an abandoned farmer's field, the Plains of Abraham, on top of a steep hill in Quebec. General Wolfe sets up two lines of soldiers, many of them Highlanders, each loading two musketballs, to maximize their firepower. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: Planned Invasion Above Cap Rouge - Battle for Quebec - Battle for a Co...

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Description: Facing possible humiliating defeat in Quebec, General Wolfe goes against his three brigadiers' plans for an invasion upriver, after bad weather causes delays. Instead, Wolfe wanders downriver and lands 5000 men at l'Anse au Foulon, a point which offered no plausible route to the fortress. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: Invasion of the Beauport Shore - Battle for Quebec - Battle for a Cont...

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Description: General James Wolfe launches an invasion of Quebec at the Beauport trenches. The assault fails, and the Governor the Marquis de Vaudreuil is jubilant. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, video clips, and biography of General Montcalm.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: Meagre French Resources, Strong British Effort

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Description: French fears of an attack on Quebec were confirmed when a British fleet appeared in mid-June 1759. It carried a formidable force of British regular troops, commanded by General James Wolfe. A favourite of King George II, Wolfe was erratic but beloved by his soldiers.

Site: National Defence

Title: Fort Saint-Jean during the 1750s

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Description: First built on the west shore of the Richelieu River by soldiers of the régiment de Carignan-Salières in 1665, Fort Saint-Jean was rebuilt several times. In this plan the fort (shown as it was in the 1750s) consists of palisades with four large bastions. Surrendered to the British in 1760, Fort Saint-Jean was taken by General Montgomery's American army after a siege in 1775 and reoccupied by British troops in 1776. It was a military base in the 19th and 20th century and the site of the Collège Royal Militaire from 1952 to 1995.

Site: National Defence

Title: The 'French Gate' at Fort Niagara.

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Description: Construction of the so-called 'French Gate' began at Fort Niagara in 1756. Note the coat of arms - from 1725, the royal coat of arms of France was ordered to be put up over the main gates of towns and forts in New France. The fort itself dates back to the 1720s, and was expanded substantially at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. Several of the original French structures still stand, incorporated within later British and American works. The whole site is now a New York state park.

Site: National Defence

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