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!
Floor plan of the Intendant’s Palace, destroyed during the battle of 1775
Charles Walkem
This plan shows the two storeys of the Intendant’s Palace, built in 1684 in Québec City. It was first destroyed by fire on January 5, 1713, and again during the Battle of Québec on December 31, 1775. It was the American revolutionaries’ first major defeat in the early days of the American War of Independence.
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