The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . Fall of Quebec, ceded to theEnglish, 1763. not live to see the sur-render of soon capitu-lated, and the fate of Can-ada was sealed. The French attempted to retake thecity in vain. The surrender of Montreal, in 1760, com- FALL OF CAXADA. 139 pleted the conquest of Canada b}- the English. By thetreaty between England and France, made in 1763, allthe French possessions in America east of the Missis-sippi, except a district around New Orleans, were cededto England. The jo} in the colonies knew no bounds.
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . Fall of Quebec, ceded to theEnglish, 1763. not live to see the sur-render of soon capitu-lated, and the fate of Can-ada was sealed. The French attempted to retake thecity in vain. The surrender of Montreal, in 1760, com- FALL OF CAXADA. 139 pleted the conquest of Canada b}- the English. By thetreaty between England and France, made in 1763, allthe French possessions in America east of the Missis-sippi, except a district around New Orleans, were cededto England. The jo} in the colonies knew no bounds. The peo- Rejoicpie had seen their shipping cut off by privateers, theirproperty wasted by taxation, their paper money depre-ciated, and their young men destro3-ed b}- almost con-tinual war. The frontiers had been desolated by theIndians, under French influence, for three quarters of acentur}-. Now they looked forward to peace, and theexpansion of the English settlements in America into avast empire.
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