Did USA try to take over Canada?
2026-01-05 06:34:58
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In the mid-1770s, the Continental Army, which was made up of American In the mid-1770s, the Continental Army, which was made up of American colonists, invaded Canada, and they tried to take all of Canada over, and they managed to take Montreal and Trois-Rivières, but they got held up outside of Quebec City, and could not take Quebec City, but hung on. And that was when the Continental Congress, this was early 1776, asked Benjamin Franklin and two other delegates to come up to Montreal and persuade the French Canadians to throw off the British, and had the French Canadians rise up. Then, with the Americans, they would have taken all of Canada. But, in fact, Franklin failed to convince enough people to support the American cause. And when some British warships showed up on the St. Lawrence (River) shortly afterwards, this would be in May 1776, both Franklin and the Continental Army made a run for the border and gave up at least that attempt of conquering Canada.
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In the mid-1770s, the Continental Army, which was made up of American In the mid-1770s, the Continental Army, which was made up of American colonists, invaded Canada, and they tried to take all of Canada over, and they managed to take Montreal and Trois-Rivières, but they got held up outside of Quebec City, and could not take Quebec City, but hung on. And that was when the Continental Congress, this was early 1776, asked Benjamin Franklin and two other delegates to come up to Montreal and persuade the French Canadians to throw off the British, and had the French Canadians rise up. Then, with the Americans, they would have taken all of Canada. But, in fact, Franklin failed to convince enough people to support the American cause. And when some British warships showed up on the St. Lawrence (River) shortly afterwards, this would be in May 1776, both Franklin and the Continental Army made a run for the border and gave up at least that attempt of conquering Canada.
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