The Fall of Louisbourg
After a siege of more than a month, 150 British warships and 13,000 regular and provincial troops (mostly from New England) force the surrender of the French stronghold of Fort Louisbourg and take control of the St. Lawrence River—and an open path to Quebec and Montreal.
See the events in Williamsburg and other cities that created a revolutionary movement.
Follow the ways that religion informed revolutionary thought.
From clothing to theater, trace the impact of taste on empire and revolution.
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