Podcasts History Ben Franklin's World 041 Canada and the American Revolution

041 Canada and the American Revolution

Published: Aug. 4, 2015, 5 a.m.

Did Canada almost join the American Revolution?

In September 1775, Major-General Philip Schuyler launched the Patriot\u2019s invasion into Canada. The Patriots hoped to end the threat of a British invasion from the north by occupying Canada and bringing the colony into the American Revolution.

Did the Patriots\u2019 plans work?

Today, we discuss Canada and how the American Revolution played out there with Bruno Paul Stenson, an historian and musicologist with the Ch\xe2teau de Ramezay historic site in Montr\xe9al. Ch\xe2teau de Ramezay served as the headquarters for the American forces between 1775 and 1776.

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