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The bulk of the French-speaking population was at best neutral with respect to
British rule; some were happy with it, but more might be convinced to assist the Americans in their aims. Brown also noted the relatively weak military presence in the province. General Carleton, while aware of Brown's activities, did nothing to interfere, beyond preventing publication of the letter in the local newspaper.
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Canadians from joining the independence movement in the American colonies. The American colonists interpreted the religious provisions concerning Catholicism as a wedge by which Catholicism might be introduced into all of the colonies, and other provisions concerning the structure of the Quebec government to be an attempt by the
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into Quebec to gather intelligence, gauge sentiment, and agitate for rebellion in that province. He found mixed sentiment among
English-speaking inhabitants, some of whom were concerned that the Congress' adoption of an export boycott would essentially give the lucrative fur trade to French-speakers.
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Americans forced to retreat back to Fort Ticonderoga. The province remained in British hands, and its population centers were never threatened again in the war. The goal of these letters, and a variety of other addresses to the Canadian
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Congress thanked the population for the services it rendered to its cause and ensured them that troops to protect them were on the way, and would arrive before British reinforcements. It also informed them that the Congress had authorized the raising of two battalions in Canada to assist in the
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Congress was already aware that Governor Carleton had called the people to arm themselves to defend their new King from the invasion. The letter warned the population of the danger of being sent to fight against France were it to join the war on the side of
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as the governing document of Quebec, was used to fortify the position of the
British in Quebec by guaranteeing (among other things) the rights of French Canadians to practice Catholicism. It is largely perceived by historians to be damage control in the province of Quebec, in order to prevent the
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was set up to draft those letters. A first draft was presented on
October 24, debated and returned to the committee. On October 26, a new draft was presented, debated, amended and adopted. A resolution was passed for the president to sign the letter and ordering the translation and printing of a
369:, the last having previously written a letter to the people of Canada on behalf of the Boston Committee of Correspondence. On May 29, after having heard additional testimony on the situation in Montreal from James Price, a Montreal merchant, the Second Continental Congress approved the letter.
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were generally unswayed by appeals to
English liberties, with which they had relatively little familiarity. However, they were also not overly supportive of the existing military government, as calls to arms were met with limited success. The
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The French translation was again printed by Fleury Mesplet; however, it is not certain who in the committee is the author and also if du Simitière was the translator. Hazen and Antill delivered copies of the letter to
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After hearing of the defeat, the Congress, on January 23, 1776, set up a committee to which was entrusted the drafting of another letter to the Canadian population. The members of the committee this time were
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219:, which ended the French and Indian War, and resulted in every French subject in Canada becoming a new British subject, theoretically equal in rights to all other British subjects. These five rights were
357:, an event that stimulated much discussion in the Congress. On May 26, the Congress resolved to draft a second letter to the inhabitants of Canada. The committee that drafted the letter was composed of
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at the time. Their purpose was to draw the large French-speaking population to the American revolutionary cause. This goal ultimately failed, and Quebec, along with the other northern provinces of
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The letter met with no significant response, as the populace was unhappy about being paid for supplies in paper currency, and was otherwise not enamored of the occupation by the colonial forces.
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and the Catholic clergy ultimately rallied around the British governor. Quebec would remain a relatively strong colony for Britain due in large part to the strict leadership of
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cause. The people were once again invited to organize local and provincial assemblies, which could choose delegates to represent the province in the Continental Congress.
643:"French and Indian War." Dictionary of American History. 7 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group.
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people, to gain political and military support for the revolution were generally not realized. While the Congress succeeded in raising two regiments of Canadians (
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Rendez-vous manqué avec la révolution américaine. Les adresses aux habitants de la province de Québec diffusées à l'occasion de l'invasion américaine de 1775–1776
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Lettre adressée aux habitans de la Province de Québec, ci-devant le Canada
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John Brown arrived in Philadelphia on May 17 to report the
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Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
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Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
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512:. The letter was approved the day after, and signed by
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Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University
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82:control over nearly the entire eastern seaboard of
1259:An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies
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2598:Signed, United States Declaration of Independence
1740:Second Continental Congress, 1775–1776, 1779–1781
675:Rendez-vous manqué avec la révolution américaine.
1090:Le Canada et la révolution américaine, 1774–1783
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1612:A Summary View of the Rights of British America
1838:Committee of Secret Correspondence (1775–1776)
1398:A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress
416:Distribution and reaction to the second letter
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529:Distribution and reaction to the third letter
374:Letter to the oppressed inhabitants of Canada
278:Distribution and reaction to the first letter
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2578:Co-inspired and publicized, Boston Tea Party
1099:Canada and the American Revolution 1774–1783
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2874:1770s in the Province of Quebec (1763–1791)
1777:Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1765)
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2844:1774 in the Province of Quebec (1763–1791)
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86:, and brought the former French colony of
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2548:Arranged Christopher Seider funeral, 1770
2472:4th Governor of Massachusetts, 1794–1797
1726:5th President of Pennsylvania, 1782–1785
991:(in French). Montréal: Québec Amérique.
463:, one of the authors of the third letter
1874:Brigadier General, Pennsylvania militia
757:Letter from Montreal. Parties in Canada
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2629:Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University
2479:Second Continental Congress, 1775–1781
2081:1st Chief Justice of the United States
1853:President, Annapolis Convention (1786)
1805:Signee, Continental Association (1774)
2418:Founding Fathers of the United States
2113:President of the Continental Congress
1783:Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
1283:Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
677:, Montréal: Québec Amérique, page 59.
282:The French-born Philadelphia printer
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2809:Documents of the American Revolution
2583:Signed, 1774 Continental Association
2308:John Jay College of Criminal Justice
2240:Letters to the inhabitants of Canada
1733:5th President of Delaware, 1781–1783
1654:Journals of the Continental Congress
1605:Letters to the Inhabitants of Canada
1246:Declaration of Rights and Grievances
1163:(JPEG image of the cover of 18-page
1070:A history of the American Revolution
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90:into a closer relationship with the
33:Letters to the Inhabitants of Canada
2374:Jacobus Van Cortlandt (grandfather)
1010:(in French). Sillery: Septentrion.
479:. This invasion culminated in the
382:The letter was signed by President
338:met on May 10, 1775, following the
203:. The translation is attributed to
125:. This measure, which replaced the
2538:1768 Massachusetts Circular Letter
2153:Committee of Secret Correspondence
1115:. New York: The MacMillan Company.
1092:(in French). Montréal: Beauchemin.
1029:. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press.
584:have the contents of the letters:
35:were three letters written by the
14:
2603:Signed, Articles of Confederation
2588:Massachusetts Provincial Congress
1795:United we stand, divided we fall)
2486:First Continental Congress, 1774
2089:United States Secretary of State
1747:First Continental Congress, 1774
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1137:. University of Wisconsin Press.
1123:The History of Canada, Volume VI
340:Battles of Lexington and Concord
2839:1776 in international relations
2834:1775 in international relations
2829:1774 in international relations
2763:The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
2253:The Selected Papers of John Jay
2105:United States Minister to Spain
1597:The Rights of Colonies Examined
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239:. The text quotes a passage of
2814:Canada–United States relations
1503:Virginia Declaration of Rights
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2864:1775 in the Thirteen Colonies
2859:1774 in the Thirteen Colonies
2608:1788 Massachusetts Compromise
1884:Delaware Constitution of 1792
1843:Model Treaty committee (1776)
1290:Massachusetts Circular Letter
1148:. Little, Brown, and Company.
1142:Frothingham, Richard (1872).
390:Contents of the second letter
325:, author of the second letter
2561:Committees of correspondence
2359:John Clarkson Jay (grandson)
2206:New York Manumission Society
1820:Olive Branch Petition (1775)
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448:was raised in January 1776.
422:New York Provincial Congress
288:Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet
211:Contents of the first letter
154:, author of the first letter
2344:Sarah Livingston Jay (wife)
1879:Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783
1800:Petition to the King (1774)
1214:Declaration of Independence
1126:. Roswell & Hutchinson.
1120:Kingsford, William (1893).
1025:Nelson, Paul David (2000).
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780:series 4, volume 3, p. 1185
763:series 4, volume 1, p. 1164
351:capture of Fort Ticonderoga
336:Second Continental Congress
303:Committee of Correspondence
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2788:John Adams (second cousin)
2644:1796 presidential election
2515:The Independent Advertiser
1957:John Dickinson High School
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330:Drafting the second letter
205:Pierre Eugene du Simitiere
160:First Continental Congress
143:Congress drafts the letter
127:Royal Proclamation of 1763
25:First Continental Congress
2869:1776 in the United States
2783:Samuel Adams Sr. (father)
2573:Hutchinson letters affair
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1097:Lanctot, Gustave (1967).
1088:LanctĂ´t, Gustave (1965).
1048:A Brief History of Canada
495:Drafting the third letter
249:and multiple excerpts of
246:On Crimes and Punishments
221:representative government
158:On October 21, 1774, the
2639:1789 U.S. House election
2246:New York Circular Letter
2073:2nd Governor of New York
1790:"The Liberty Song" (1768
1754:Stamp Act Congress, 1765
1524:Declaration and Resolves
1107:Wrong, George M (1935).
1044:Riendeau, Roger (2000).
987:Monette, Pierre (2007).
673:Monette, Pierre (2007).
477:Cambridge, Massachusetts
2704:Old South Meeting House
2526:1764 Sugar Act response
2135:Continental Association
1530:Continental Association
1131:Coffin, Victor (1896).
1006:Trudel, Marcel (2006).
576:Contents of the letters
70:The acquisition of the
2741:(2002 animated series)
2670:American republicanism
2654:Granary Burying Ground
2408:Boston relief portrait
1636:Thoughts on Government
1448:Liberty Point Resolves
1391:Orangetown Resolutions
1296:Journal of Occurrences
1240:Braintree Instructions
1067:Alden, John R (1969).
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50:, formerly the French
44:Continental Congresses
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2172:The Federalist Papers
2159:New York Constitution
2147:Olive Branch Petition
2002:Claymont Stone School
1931:Friends Burial Ground
1900:Mary Norris Dickinson
1557:Olive Branch Petition
1485:Fincastle Resolutions
1353:Bush River Resolution
1316:Sheffield Declaration
1252:Leedstown Resolutions
560:2nd Canadian Regiment
556:1st Canadian Regiment
459:
446:2nd Canadian Regiment
442:1st Canadian Regiment
372:The letter, entitled
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150:
76:French and Indian War
56:representative system
22:
2819:Continental Congress
2728:Adams, Massachusetts
2141:Petition to the King
1607:" (1774, 1775, 1776)
1589:Essays and pamphlets
1536:Petition to the King
1438:Mecklenburg Resolves
1347:Chestertown Resolves
1302:Virginia Association
619:, January 24, 1776 (
591:, October 26, 1774 (
376:, was translated as
237:freedom of the press
217:peace treaty of 1763
2682:American Revolution
2369:James Jay (brother)
2364:John Jay (grandson)
2275:Jay Heritage Center
2218:Jay–Gardoqui Treaty
2211:African Free School
2007:American Revolution
1497:Augusta Declaration
1203:American Revolution
1073:. New York: Knopf.
580:English and French
259:. Quebec historian
74:as a result of the
2282:John Jay Homestead
1908:Philemon Dickinson
1547:Second Continental
1406:The Farmer Refuted
950:Monette, page 309.
924:Monette, page 307.
873:Monette, page 162.
840:Monette, page 110.
502:William Livingston
469:invasion of Quebec
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327:
256:The Spirit of Laws
156:
132:British Parliament
111:British Parliament
72:Province of Quebec
52:province of Canada
48:Province of Quebec
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1978:(2008 miniseries)
1947:Dickinson College
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1514:First Continental
1432:Edenton Tea Party
1234:Virginia Resolves
1052:. Facts on File.
998:978-2-7644-0547-5
972:Alfred Leroy Burt
939:Kingsford (vol 6)
778:American Archives
761:American Archives
746:Monette, page 99.
737:Monette, page 85.
728:Monette, page 73.
719:Monette, page 61.
701:Monette, page 60.
188:Richard Henry Lee
164:St. John's Island
92:American colonies
78:(1754–1763) gave
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2553:Co-author, 1772
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2899:Samuel Adams
2775:Adams family
2762:
2754:
2746:
2738:
2721:Samuel Adams
2720:
2699:Faneuil Hall
2674:
2566:Boston, 1772
2554:
2513:
2460:Samuel Adams
2399:
2328:Jay, Vermont
2251:
2199:Other events
2187:(1789-1795,
2170:
1983:
1975:
1962:
1867:Other events
1785:(1767, 1768)
1782:
1634:
1628:Common Sense
1626:
1618:
1610:
1604:
1595:
1462:(April 1776)
1404:
1396:
1355:(March 1775)
1307:
1298:(1768, 1769)
1286:(1767, 1768)
1281:
1257:
1164:
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1089:
1069:
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570:Guy Carleton
563:
558:and Hazen's
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514:John Hancock
510:James Wilson
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466:
461:James Wilson
452:Third letter
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367:Samuel Adams
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296:
292:Guy Carleton
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180:West Florida
176:East Florida
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138:First letter
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114:
113:enacted the
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2765:(2022 book)
2395:Arbitration
2107:, 1779-1782
2099:, 1784-1789
2083:, 1789-1795
2075:, 1795-1801
1577:(July 1776)
1565:(July 1775)
1559:(July 1775)
1505:(June 1776)
1481:(July 1774)
1450:(June 1775)
1442:Declaration
1393:(July 1774)
1216:(July 1776)
1167:dated 1774)
941:, pp. 44–45
900:, pp. 48–49
852:, pp. 46–47
690:Frothingham
485:Moses Hazen
363:Silas Deane
251:Montesquieu
168:Nova Scotia
2803:Categories
2747:John Adams
2624:Early life
2270:Jay Estate
2223:Jay Treaty
1976:John Adams
1970:1972 film)
1916:Early life
1571:(May 1776)
1499:(May 1776)
1444:(May 1775)
1349:(May 1774)
1304:(May 1769)
1236:(May 1765)
1205:: writings
981:References
582:Wikisource
545:Conclusion
426:habitants
396:Quebec Act
307:John Brown
272:Quebec Act
116:Quebec Act
66:Background
2723:(Whitney)
2296:Namesakes
2155:(1775-76)
2115:, 1778-79
2091:, 1789-90
1911:(brother)
1620:Novanglus
1225:Stamp Act
565:seigneurs
431:habitants
406:habitants
102:and were
2894:John Jay
2687:patriots
2531:protests
2303:Fort Jay
2061:John Jay
2012:patriots
1829:co-wrote
1672:Category
1549:Congress
1516:Congress
1471:Virginia
1383:New York
1339:Maryland
807:, p. 483
520:Contents
359:John Jay
323:John Jay
104:Catholic
2663:Related
2383:Related
1995:Related
1647:Related
912:, p. 76
898:Lanctot
888:, p. 75
850:Lanctot
819:, p. 59
655:, p. 19
172:Georgia
27:in 1774
2713:Legacy
2337:Family
2248:(1788)
2242:(1775)
2225:(1794)
2167:(1783)
2161:(1777)
2149:(1775)
1940:Legacy
1903:(wife)
1623:(1775)
1615:(1774)
1600:(1764)
1331:(1774)
1312:(1772)
1275:(1767)
1262:(1766)
1227:(1765)
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886:Rideau
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805:Coffin
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365:, and
344:Boston
299:Boston
235:, and
190:, and
178:, and
100:French
88:Canada
41:Second
2263:Homes
2189:cases
1833:1775)
960:Wrong
829:Wrong
793:Alden
653:Wrong
632:Notes
471:from
305:sent
37:First
2617:Life
1963:1776
1075:ISBN
1054:ISBN
1031:ISBN
1012:ISBN
993:ISBN
487:and
475:and
334:The
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