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==Captured by Britain==
==Captured by Britain==
'''See: [[French and Indian War]]'''
In the context of the [[Seven Years War]] raging in Europe, the British attached major importance to the capture of North America from the French. The great battle on the Plains of Abraham in 1759 was won by the cleverness of British General James Wolfe (1727-1759),<ref> See [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=1720&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=mo9rhgn2v2uv55grd4a7v5pbf6 ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'']</ref> who was killed as the British surprised and captured Quebec city; the French commander marquis de Montcalm (1712-59) also was killed<ref> See [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=1720&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=mo9rhgn2v2uv55grd4a7v5pbf6 ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'']</ref>. The conflict was not over, for at the battle of St Foy in 1760, the French beat the British and again laid siege to Quebec. The siege failed and, aided by the Royal Navy, the British were finally able to force the French army back to Montreal and capture Quebec.<ref> See Stephen Manning, ''Quebec: The Story of Three Sieges'' (2009)</ref> The Treaty of Paris in 1763 ratified British control of New France, now renamed Quebec.
In the context of the [[Seven Years War]] raging in Europe, the British attached major importance to the capture of North America from the French. The great battle on the Plains of Abraham in 1759 was won by the cleverness of British General James Wolfe (1727-1759),<ref> See [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=1720&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=mo9rhgn2v2uv55grd4a7v5pbf6 ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'']</ref> who was killed as the British surprised and captured Quebec city; the French commander marquis de Montcalm (1712-59) also was killed<ref> See [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=1720&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=mo9rhgn2v2uv55grd4a7v5pbf6 ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'']</ref>. The conflict was not over, for at the battle of St Foy in 1760, the French beat the British and again laid siege to Quebec. The siege failed and, aided by the Royal Navy, the British were finally able to force the French army back to Montreal and capture Quebec.<ref> See Stephen Manning, ''Quebec: The Story of Three Sieges'' (2009)</ref> The Treaty of Paris in 1763 ratified British control of New France, now renamed Quebec.
==Colonial society==
==Colonial society==