Québec History 16 - Battle of Ste-Foy and Pontiac

Québec a Nation History (Part 16)

Battle of Ste-Foy and Pontiac Rebellion

The Battle of Sainte-Foy, sometimes called the Second Battle of Quebec, was fought on April 28, 1760 during the Seven Years' War also called the French and Indian War. It was a victory for the French under the Chevalier de Lévis over the British army. When compared to the Battle of the Plains of Abraham of the previous September, this battle proved to be a much bloodier affair in terms of the total number of casualties incurred by both sides.

Pontiac's Rebellion was a war launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country who were dissatisfied with British policies in the Great Lakes region after the British victory in the French and Indian War. Warriors from numerous tribes joined the uprising in an effort to drive British soldiers and settlers out of the region.

Warfare on the North American frontier was brutal, and the killing of prisoners, the targeting of civilians, and other atrocities were widespread. In what is now perhaps the best-known incident of the war, British officers at Fort Pitt infected the Natives with smallpox using blankets that had been exposed to the virus. The ruthlessness and treachery of the conflict was a reflection of a growing racial divide between British colonists and American Natives.

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[SpainBlood001]

hahaha couldnt beat the natives in open war.. so they used the small pox virus phaha thats genocide!!! an ugly stain in british history

[MaxRWF]

@anlaff

It's an American documentary not a French canadian one.

British imperialism made the first ethnic cleansing (Great Upheaval), the first genocide (Great Irish Famine) and the first concentration camps (Boer wars) of modern histrory.

This is not propaganda, these are facts.

[ArseneLupin2009]

@MaxRWF well said

[Patriote17]

@CanadianLegionaire killing women and children is cowardice. If there was a virus that only kill soldiers, then I guess it would be fair, otherwise it is not.

[Emomars102]

Why didn't we turn the mohawk lose on these Indians.

[Emomars102]

Chemical warfare love it

[jacal92]

British are sooo coward

[3dwardcullen69]

@OW41N Killing innocent people is savagery. A word rarely used to describe the British yet ever so appropriate in this situation.

[ASCfreak]

Quel est le titre original du documentaire? Trés intéressant, j'aimerais l'écouter en entier. Merci!

[Ereldor]

@MaxRWF Try the Roman Empire