QUÉBEC AND U.S. HISTORY Discover 8 events in American history linked to Quebec City 1- The Seven Years' War, particularly the long siege of Quebec in 1759-1760, cost the British treasury so dearly that compensatory tariffs were quickly imposed on the American colonies, whose rebellion culminated in the Boston Tea Party of 1773. 2- Four Intolerable Acts were passed the following spring, aimed at punishing the rebels. But it was a 5th Act that further insulted and enraged the Bostonians, the Quebec Act of 1774. 3- In the context of the American invasion of Quebec in 1775 and 1776, Benjamin Franklin, Richard Montgomery, Benedict Arnold, Daniel Morgan, Aaron Burr, Baron and Baroness Von Riedesel… set foot in Quebec or Montreal, as soldiers or diplomats. 4- The Port of Quebec was the gateway leading to the British and German (Hessian) invasions in the northern United States. 5- Clause #20 of the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, clearly states American dissatisfaction with the Quebec Act: it was feared that the pro-Catholic privileges granted to the Province of Quebec – called the “Neighboring Province” – would be imposed on the Protestant colonies. 6- Canadians from the Province of Quebec participated in the Battle of Saratoga, NY, in 1777, a turning point in the Revolution. Their lack of motivation helped facilitate the American victory. 7- Following the Treaty of Paris of 1783 confirming the independence of the United States, the former governor of Quebec, Guy Carleton, who became commander-in-chief of the British troops in North America, orchestrated the Evacuation of Loyalists from New York City on November 25, 1783 before George Washington took control of the city. 8- The Province of Quebec was a refuge for Loyalists fleeing the nascent United States, and Quebec City then became the Capital of British North America.

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