General Wolfe dying at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

The British are here now at Louisbourg to attack us, we are not prepared. The British and the French are now at war.The attack did not last long, we tried our hardest to defeat the British but they won. A few of us were lucky enough to escape, but not until after Louisbourg was completely destroyed. Fort Frontenac, was captured by the British, some soldiers told me. Soon after Fort Duquesne was also taken. I and all the other surviors are heading to Quebec. I see the British soldiers in a two person deep, mile long line in front of us. We shoot first, but then the British start firing and our men become disorganized, I know that the battle is over when we flee the battle with Scottish Highlanders chasing us as bagpipes play. the haunting sounds of their bagpipes . In 15 minutes the battle was over, Wolfe has died, Montcalm has been mortally wounded, and Quebec has been taken by the British. We have retreated to Montreal. Now it is just a wait to see who’s reinforcements arrive first we waited in Montreal for hoping for it to be the French who arrive first, but the British reinforcements arrived before ours. We surrendered and the British now have claim over these lands. We are allowed to return to our homes but most of the land and farms have been destroyed. The British haven’t changed very much in New France, they have allowed us to keep our culture and religion. The Treaty of Paris has been signed and France has surrendered everything in New France and Acadia to Britain except for two small islands, called St. Pierre and Miquelon.

North America prior to the Seven Years/ French and Indian Wars

 

The Battle of the Plains of Abraham

Fort Frotenac during the short seige

 

North America after the Treaty of Paris

The Battle of Montreal