Tom by disorder, the militia mutinous, the walls in ruins from the cannonading of the British fleet, and Vaudreuil and his fellows fleeing to the interior, the helpless garrison of Quebec surrendered, September 17, the British troops entering the following day. The English flag now floated over the citadel, and soon there was great rejoicing throughout Great Britain and her American colonies; and well there might be, for the affair on the Plains of Abraham was one of the most heroic and far-reaching achievements ever wrought by Englishmen in any land or sea.
SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY
MILITARY, BETWEEN THE CAPTURE OF
QUEBEC, 1759, AND THE BATTLE
OF BUNKER HILL, 1775
1760. Accession of George III. to throne of England. The English capture Montreal.
1761. American commerce and industry closely restricted by enforcement of navigation laws, acts of trade, and writs of assistance. Protests of James Otis and Patrick Henry.
1762. England declares war against Spain and captures Havana.
1763. Treaty of Paris, and cession of Canada to England.
1765. Passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament, followed by American protests.
1766. Repeal of the Stamp Act.
1767. The British Parliament, by the Townshend Acts, imposes duties on paper, glass, tea, etc., imported into America.
1769. Massachusetts House of Representatives refuses to pay for quartering British troops. Defeat of Paoli and subjection of Corsica by the French.