1775-1775
The 1775 attack on Québec City
By the time New France fell in 1763, the British controlled much of the North American continent. However, in 1775, the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic coast decided to secede from the British Empire. The American War of Independence had begun. Québec City was one of the American revolutionaries’ first targets. On December 31, 1775, in the middle of a snowstorm, they attacked Québec City. The British garrison drove them back. This victory kept Canada in the British Empire, and so though the United States gained their independence in 1783, it was without Canada. Relive the decisive battle of 1775!
