Faster access than browser!
67 relations: American Revolutionary War, Île aux Noix, Bateau, Battle of Longue-Pointe, Battle of Quebec (1775), Benedict Arnold, Breastwork (fortification), Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, Chambly, Quebec, Charles Preston, Cheval de frise, Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier, Connecticut Colony, Continental Army, Daniel Claus, David Wooster, Ethan Allen, Fort Chambly, Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec), French and Indian War, French Canadians, Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, Green Mountain Boys, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Guy Johnson, Habitants, Invasion of Quebec (1775), Iroquois, James Livingston (American Revolution), John Brown of Pittsfield, Joseph Brant, La Prairie, Quebec, Lake Champlain, Longueuil, Loyalist (American Revolution), Military service, Mohawk people, Montreal, Moses Hazen, Newfoundland (island), Philip Schuyler, Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Province of New Hampshire, Province of New York, Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Quebec, Quebec City, Richard Montgomery, Richelieu River, Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, ..., Royal Fusiliers, Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Rudolphus Ritzema, Saint Lawrence River, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Seth Warner, Siege, Sorel-Tracy, Sortie, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Thirteen Colonies, Timothy Bedel, Trois-Rivières, United Kingdom, 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot, 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants). Expand index (17 more) »
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (17751783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a global war that began as a conflict between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies which declared independence as the United States of America. After 1765, growing philosophical and political differences strained the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies. Patriot protests against taxation without representation followed the Stamp Act and escalated into boycotts, which culminated in 1773 with the Sons of Liberty destroying a shipment of tea in Boston Harbor. Britain responded by closing Boston Harbor and passing a series of punitive measures against Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts colonists responded with the Suffolk Resolves, and they established a shadow government which wrested control of the countryside from the Crown. Twelve colonies formed a Continental Congress to coordinate their resistance, establishing committees and conventions that effectively seized power. British attempts to disarm the Massachusetts militia at Concord, Massachusetts in April 1775 led to open combat. Militia forces then besieged Boston, forcing a British evacuation in March 1776, and Congress appointed George Washington to command the Continental Army. Concurrently, an American attempt to invade Quebec and raise rebellion against the British failed decisively. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted for independence, issuing its declaration on July 4. Sir William Howe launched a British counter-offensive, capturing New York City and leaving American morale at a low ebb. However, victories at Trenton and Princeton restored American confidence. In 1777, the British launched an invasion from Quebec under John Burgoyne, intending to isolate the New England Colonies. Instead of assisting this effort, Howe took his army on a separate campaign against Philadelphia, and Burgoyne was decisively defeated at Saratoga in October 1777. Burgoyne's defeat had drastic consequences. France formally allied with the Americans and entered the war in 1778, and Spain joined the war the following year as an ally of France but not as an ally of the United States. In 1780, the Kingdom of Mysore attacked the British in India, and tensions between Great Britain and the Netherlands erupted into open war. In North America, the British mounted a "Southern strategy" led by Charles Cornwallis which hinged upon a Loyalist uprising, but too few came forward. Cornwallis suffered reversals at King's Mountain and Cowpens. He retreated to Yorktown, Virginia, intending an evacuation, but a decisive French naval victory deprived him of an escape. A Franco-American army led by the Comte de Rochambeau and Washington then besieged Cornwallis' army and, with no sign of relief, he surrendered in October 1781. Whigs in Britain had long opposed the pro-war Tories in Parliament, and the surrender gave them the upper hand. In early 1782, Parliament voted to end all offensive operations in North America, but the war continued in Europe and India. Britain remained under siege in Gibraltar but scored a major victory over the French navy. On September 3, 1783, the belligerent parties signed the Treaty of Paris in which Great Britain agreed to recognize the sovereignty of the United States and formally end the war. French involvement had proven decisive,Brooks, Richard (editor). Atlas of World Military History. HarperCollins, 2000, p. 101 "Washington's success in keeping the army together deprived the British of victory, but French intervention won the war." but France made few gains and incurred crippling debts. Spain made some minor territorial gains but failed in its primary aim of recovering Gibraltar. The Dutch were defeated on all counts and were compelled to cede territory to Great Britain. In India, the war against Mysore and its allies concluded in 1784 without any territorial changes.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and American Revolutionary War · See more »
Île aux Noix
Île aux Noix is an island on the Richelieu River in Quebec, close to Lake Champlain.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Île aux Noix · See more »
Bateau
A bateau or batteau is a shallow-draft, flat-bottomed boat which was used extensively across North America, especially in the colonial period and in the fur trade.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Bateau · See more »
Battle of Longue-Pointe
The Battle of Longue-Pointe was an attempt by Ethan Allen and a small force of American and Quebec militia to capture Montreal from British forces on September 25, 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Battle of Longue-Pointe · See more »
Battle of Quebec (1775)
The Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille de Québec) was fought on December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City early in the American Revolutionary War.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Battle of Quebec (1775) · See more »
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold (Brandt (1994), p. 4June 14, 1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War who fought heroically for the American Continental Army—then defected to the enemy in 1780.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Benedict Arnold · See more »
Breastwork (fortification)
A breastwork is a temporary fortification, often an earthwork thrown up to breast height to provide protection to defenders firing over it from a standing position.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Breastwork (fortification) · See more »
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
The capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Capture of Fort Ticonderoga · See more »
Chambly, Quebec
Chambly is an off-island suburb in southwestern Quebec, Canada, about to the south east of Montreal.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Chambly, Quebec · See more »
Charles Preston
Sir Charles Preston, 5th Baronet (c. 1735 - 23 March 1800) was a British Major who was stationed in Canada during the American Revolutionary War.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Charles Preston · See more »
Cheval de frise
The cheval de frise (plural: chevaux de frise, "Frisian horses") was a medieval defensive anti-cavalry measure consisting of a portable frame (sometimes just a simple log) covered with many projecting long iron or wooden spikes or spears.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Cheval de frise · See more »
Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier
Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier (September 4, 1744 – June 7, 1825) was a businessman, official and political figure in Lower Canada.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier · See more »
Connecticut Colony
The Connecticut Colony or Colony of Connecticut, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in North America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Connecticut Colony · See more »
Continental Army
The Continental Army was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Continental Army · See more »
Daniel Claus
Christian Daniel Claus (1727–1787) was a Commissioner of Indian Affairs and a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Daniel Claus · See more »
David Wooster
David Wooster (– May 2, 1777) was an American general who served in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolutionary War.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and David Wooster · See more »
Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen (Allen's date of birth is made confusing by calendrical differences caused by the conversion between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The first change offsets the date by 11 days. The second is that, at the time of Allen's birth, the New Year began on March 25. As a result, while his birth is officially recorded as happening on January 10, 1737, conversions due to these changes make the date in the modern calendar January 21, 1738. Adjusting for the movement of the New Year to January changes the year to 1738; adjusting for the Gregorian calendar changes the date from January 10 to 21. See Jellison, p. 2 and Hall (1895), p. 5. – February 12, 1789) was a farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, lay theologian, and American Revolutionary War patriot, and politician.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Ethan Allen · See more »
Fort Chambly
Fort Chambly is a historic fort in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Fort Chambly · See more »
Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec)
Fort Saint-Jean is a fort in the Canadian province of Quebec located on the Richelieu River.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec) · See more »
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War (1754–63) comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and French and Indian War · See more »
French Canadians
French Canadians (also referred to as Franco-Canadians or Canadiens; Canadien(ne)s français(es)) are an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in Canada from the 17th century onward.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and French Canadians · See more »
Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry
Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (July 20, 1721 – December 11, 1797), his first name was also sometimes written Joseph-Gaspard.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry · See more »
Green Mountain Boys
The Green Mountain Boys was a militia organization first established in the late 1760s in the territory between the British provinces of New York and New Hampshire, known as the New Hampshire Grants and later in 1775 as the Vermont Republic (which later became the state of Vermont).
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Green Mountain Boys · See more »
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB (3 September 1724 – 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and administrator.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester · See more »
Guy Johnson
Guy Johnson (c.1740 – 5 March 1788) was an Irish-born military officer and diplomat for the Crown during the American War of Independence.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Guy Johnson · See more »
Habitants
Habitants were French settlers and the inhabitants of French origin who farmed the land along the two shores of the St. Lawrence River and Gulf in what is the present-day Province of Quebec in Canada.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Habitants · See more »
Invasion of Quebec (1775)
The Invasion of Quebec in 1775 was the first major military initiative by the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Invasion of Quebec (1775) · See more »
Iroquois
The Iroquois or Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) are a historically powerful northeast Native American confederacy.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Iroquois · See more »
James Livingston (American Revolution)
James Livingston (March 27, 1747 – March 9, 1832) born in New York, was living in Quebec (as Canada was known following the French and Indian War) when the American Revolutionary War broke out.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and James Livingston (American Revolution) · See more »
John Brown of Pittsfield
John Brown (October 19, 1744 – October 19, 1780) of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was a Revolutionary War officer, a state legislator, and a Berkshire County judge.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and John Brown of Pittsfield · See more »
Joseph Brant
Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 – November 24, 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Joseph Brant · See more »
La Prairie, Quebec
La Prairie is an off-island suburb (south shore) of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and La Prairie, Quebec · See more »
Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain (French: Lac Champlain) (Abenaki: Pitawbagok) (Mohawk: Kaniatarakwà:ronte) is a natural freshwater lake in North America mainly within the borders of the United States (in the states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the Canada–U.S. border, in the Canadian province of Quebec.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Lake Champlain · See more »
Longueuil
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Longueuil · See more »
Loyalist (American Revolution)
Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often called Tories, Royalists, or King's Men at the time.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Loyalist (American Revolution) · See more »
Military service
Military service is service by an individual or group in an army or other militia, whether as a chosen job or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Military service · See more »
Mohawk people
The Mohawk people (who identify as Kanien'kehá:ka) are the most easterly tribe of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Mohawk people · See more »
Montreal
Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Montreal · See more »
Moses Hazen
Moses Hazen (June 1, 1733 – February 5, 1803) was a Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Moses Hazen · See more »
Newfoundland (island)
Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve) is a large Canadian island off the east coast of the North American mainland, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Newfoundland (island) · See more »
Philip Schuyler
Philip John Schuyler (November 18, 1804) was a general in the American Revolution and a United States Senator from New York.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Philip Schuyler · See more »
Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil (c. 1643 – October 10, 1725) was a French politician, who was Governor-General of New France (now Canada and US states of the Mississippi Valley) from 1703 to 1725, throughout Queen Anne's War and Father Rale's War.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil · See more »
Province of New Hampshire
The Province of New Hampshire was a colony of England and later a British province in North America.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Province of New Hampshire · See more »
Province of New York
The Province of New York (1664–1776) was a British proprietary colony and later royal colony on the northeast coast of North America.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Province of New York · See more »
Province of Quebec (1763–1791)
The Province of Quebec was a colony in North America created by Great Britain after the Seven Years' War.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Province of Quebec (1763–1791) · See more »
Quebec
Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Quebec · See more »
Quebec City
Quebec City (pronounced or; Québec); Ville de Québec), officially Québec, is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. The city had a population estimate of 531,902 in July 2016, (an increase of 3.0% from 2011) and the metropolitan area had a population of 800,296 in July 2016, (an increase of 4.3% from 2011) making it the second largest city in Quebec, after Montreal, and the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is situated north-east of Montreal. The narrowing of the Saint Lawrence River proximate to the city's promontory, Cap-Diamant (Cape Diamond), and Lévis, on the opposite bank, provided the name given to the city, Kébec, an Algonquin word meaning "where the river narrows". Founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain, Quebec City is one of the oldest cities in North America. The ramparts surrounding Old Quebec (Vieux-Québec) are the only fortified city walls remaining in the Americas north of Mexico, and were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 as the 'Historic District of Old Québec'. The city's landmarks include the Château Frontenac, a hotel which dominates the skyline, and the Citadelle of Quebec, an intact fortress that forms the centrepiece of the ramparts surrounding the old city and includes a secondary royal residence. The National Assembly of Quebec (provincial legislature), the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec), and the Musée de la civilisation (Museum of Civilization) are found within or near Vieux-Québec.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Quebec City · See more »
Richard Montgomery
Richard Montgomery (December 2, 1738 – December 31, 1775) was an Irish soldier who first served in the British Army.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Richard Montgomery · See more »
Richelieu River
The Richelieu River rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows to the north in the province of Quebec, Canada and empties into the St. Lawrence river.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Richelieu River · See more »
Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière
Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, Marquis de La Galissonière, sometimes spelled Galissonnière, (1693–1756) was the French governor of New France from 1747 to 1749 and the victor in the Battle of Minorca in 1756.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière · See more »
Royal Fusiliers
The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Royal Fusiliers · See more »
Royal Military College Saint-Jean
The Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMCSJ; Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean), commonly referred to as RMC Saint-Jean, is a Canadian military college.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Royal Military College Saint-Jean · See more »
Rudolphus Ritzema
Colonel Rudolphus Ritzema (1739–1803) was an American officer in the New York Line during the American Revolutionary War, and later changed sides, serving as a lieutenant colonel in a British regiment.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Rudolphus Ritzema · See more »
Saint Lawrence River
The Saint Lawrence River (Fleuve Saint-Laurent; Tuscarora: Kahnawáʼkye; Mohawk: Kaniatarowanenneh, meaning "big waterway") is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Saint Lawrence River · See more »
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu · See more »
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu · See more »
Seth Warner
Seth Warner (May 17, 1743 – December 26, 1784) was a Revolutionary War officer from Vermont who rose to rank of Continental colonel and was often given the duties of a brigade commander.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Seth Warner · See more »
Siege
A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Siege · See more »
Sorel-Tracy
Sorel-Tracy is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada and the geographical end point of the Lake Champlain Valley at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River, on the western edge of Lac Saint-Pierre downstream and east of nearby Montreal.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Sorel-Tracy · See more »
Sortie
A sortie (from the French word meaning ''exit'') is a deployment or dispatch of one military unit, be it an aircraft, ship, or troops, from a strongpoint.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Sortie · See more »
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · See more »
Thirteen Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Thirteen Colonies · See more »
Timothy Bedel
Timothy Bedel (1737 – February 24, 1787) was a soldier and local leader prominent in the early history of New Hampshire and Vermont.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Timothy Bedel · See more »
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and Trois-Rivières · See more »
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and United Kingdom · See more »
26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot
The 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army, active from 1689 to 1881.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot · See more »
84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants)
The 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) was a British regiment in the American Revolutionary War that was raised to defend present day Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada from the constant land and sea attacks by American Revolutionaries.
New!!: Siege of Fort St. Jean and 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) · See more »
Redirects here:
Battle of Fort St. Jean, Battle of Fort St. Johns, Siege of Fort St. Johns.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_St._Jean
