[redfreedom]

I have a genealogical journal written in French that briefly discusses this battle. It appears my ancestors were on the British side as they made fun of the Americans. I’ve called distant relatives in Quebec a few times and I find it odd if they were British lovers that they never learned to speak English fluently.

[Dixie Yooper]

I find it odd if they were British lovers that they never learned to speak English fluently.

The French Canadians who couldn't stomach the British, left Quebec after the 1st Battle of Quebec of the French Indian War.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

One of the leading causes for the American Revolution that isn't much talked about any more was the passing of the Quebec Act in 1774, by which the British restored French civil law in French Canada and gave Catholics Canadians freedom of worship, the latter of which was particularly annoying to a large swathe of the American population. The Quebec Act was listed as one of the Intolerable Acts.

John Jay led a faction of the Founding Fathers that sought to have Catholics disbarred from the rights guaranteed under the Constitution. I took a special interest in Concord, MA, having worked there for years, and in reading the declaration of rights made in many towns shortly prior to the Revolution, Concord included, was the usual assurance of loyalty to the king and the caveat that "Papists" would not considered to hold the rights of free citizens. Benedict Arnold was virulently anti-Catholic as well, so probably not the best choice to lead an expedition to bring the French-Canadians to our side after they were so recently granted rights by the Brits.