Canadian+Invasion

THE CANADIAN INVASION OF 1775 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quebec_(1775,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quebec_(1775, http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_quebec.html The Invasion of Canada in 1775 was the first large military attack by colonial forces during the American Revolutionary war. One expedition left Fort Ticonderoga, under under the command of [|Richard Montgomery], attacked and captured Fort St. John, and had nearly captured British General Guy Carleton when taking over Montreal. The other expedition left Cambridge, Massachusetts under Benedict Arnold, and traveled with great difficulty through the wilderness of Maine to Quebec. The British sent several thousand of their many troops, including General John Burgoyne and a number of Hessian mercenaries, to reinf orce the soldiers at Quebec in May 1776. General Carleton then returned fire, quickley driving the American f orces back to Fort Ticonderoga. The Americans, under Arnold's command, were able to stop the British advance far enough so that an attack could not begin on Fort Ticonderoga. The battle, which began on 12, September 1759, was fought between the British and Navy, with the French Army , on the plains just outside of [|Quebec City]. The battle involved less than 10,000 troops from opposing sides, but still proved to be a defining time in the conflict between France and Britain over the future of New France, what would later become Canada.