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 American Revolutionary War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In November 1775, Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation promising freedom to runaway slaves who fought for the British; Sir Henry Clinton issued a similar edict in New York in 1779.
The invasion of Canada ended as a disaster for the Americans, but Arnold's efforts in 1776 delayed a full-scale British counteroffensive until the Saratoga campaign of 1777.
The first of the 1777 campaigns was an expedition from Canada led by General John Burgoyne.
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 American Revolutionary War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Trumbull, an important painter of the American Revolution, witnessed the battle.]] On the night of 18 April 1775, General Gage sent 700 men to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock (leaders of the resistance, housed in Lexington) and to seize munitions stored by the colonial militia at Concord, Massachusetts.
Congress had initially hoped that Canada would join them as the fourteenth colony, but When that failed to happen, an invasion of Canada was authorized.
The invasion of Canada ended as an embarrassing disaster for the Americans, but Arnold&8217;s improvised navy on Lake Champlain managed to delay the fateful British counter thrust (the Saratoga Campaign) until 1777.
american-revolutionary-war.iqnaut.net   (5146 words)

  
 American Revolution - General Benedict Arnold
In the Quebec campaign, he invaded Canada (1775) by way of the Maine forests.
Benedict Arnold's Leg - Some of the seeds of his treachery were planted during his recuperation from that wound at Saratoga.
General Benedict Arnold: The Revolutionary Army attacks Canada - Early in the Revolutionary War, General Benedict Arnold led an attack on Quebec.
www.americanrevolution.com /BenedictArnold.htm   (603 words)

  
 1775 @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Richard Montgomery, the towns namesake, died during a failed Revolutionary War assault on Quebec in 1775.
1775 (MDCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
Austria forces the Ottoman Empire to cede Bukovina
www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/1775   (605 words)

  
 Benedict Arnold
, he invaded Canada (1775) by way of the Maine forests.
arrived from Montreal, and the two small armies launched an unsuccessful assault on Dec. 31, 1775.
In 1781, in the British service, he led two savage raids—against Virginia and against New London, Conn.—before going into exile in England and Canada, where he was generally scorned and unrewarded.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0804793.html   (458 words)

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