FIW 8: The Fall of Canada and the Cherokee War

Key Battles of American History

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Having lost Quebec in 1759, the French tried to retake it in 1760 but failed. Soon afterward, three separate British armies converged on the last major French possession in Canada: Montreal. Meanwhile, in late 1758, conflict between Cherokee warriors and British colonists broke out in the southern colonies. The fighting would last for three years before a long-term peace was established. Join Jacob and James as they discuss the final major campaigns of the war on the North American continent.

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.3	Thank you. host, James Early. Hello, and welcome back to key battles of the French and Indian War, our survey of the
0:47.4	conflict that shaped the fate of two great empires and laid the groundwork for the
0:51.4	American Revolution.
0:52.8	I'm your host, James Early. As always,
0:56.3	and as always, I am joined by my co-host General Jacob Hur. Jacob, how are you, sir?
1:02.4	Doing well, James. Pleasure to hear from you once again.
1:06.5	Yes, and you as well. And we are going to continue the saga. The battle is not over. The war is not over. The battle of Quebec is over. We talked about that last time. Not just a battle. It was a long campaign, which took many, many months. And we saw that the British tried a head-on attack, and it just didn't work. The weather played a role in that.
1:28.3	And then General Wolfe actually wasn't even his idea. His brigadiers came up with the idea.
1:34.0	And it was a crazy plan. It could go wrong in many, many ways. I can imagine Wolf would have said,
1:40.8	you want to do what? But in the end, it worked, and the British were able to defeat
1:46.8	the French, capture the city of Quebec. The only problem with that is, is once you capture a city,
1:53.5	then you have to hold a city. And that could be just as difficult as capturing it sometimes.
1:58.1	And so that's what we're going to begin with in this episode. We'll pick up
2:01.7	the story right after the surrender of Quebec and the leaving of the French. Some of the
2:07.3	French got on boats and were sent back to France, but others did not. Others sneaked around the
2:12.3	city of Quebec, went up the river even further, further down to the southwest, to the major city of Montreal.
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