THE QUEBEC ACT OF 1774 THE NOBLESSE OF THE DISTRICT OF MONTREAL THE GRIEVANCES OF THE SEIGNEURS--MONTREAL THE HEADQUARTERS--“EVERY INTRIGUE TO OUR DISADVANTAGE WILL BE HATCHED THERE”--PETITIONS--CARLETON’S FEAR OF A FRENCH INVASION--A SECRET MEETING--PROTESTS OF MAGISTRATES TODD AND BRASHAY--PROTESTS OF CITIZENS--CARLETON’S CORRESPONDENCE FOR AN AMENDED CONSTITUTION IN FAVOUR OF THE NOBLESSE--THE QUEBEC ACT--ANGLICIZATION ABANDONED 51 CHAPTER VII THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR OF 1775 MONTREAL THE SEAT OF DISCONTENT THE QUEBEC ACT, A PRIMARY OCCASION OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION--MONTREAL BRITISH DISLOYAL--THE COFFEE HOUSE MEETING--WALKER AGAIN--MONTREAL DISAFFECTS QUEBEC--LOYALTY OF HABITANTS AND SAVAGES UNDERMINED--NOBLESSE, GENTRY AND CLERGY LOYAL--KING GEORGE’S BUST DESECRATED--“DELENDA EST CANADA”--“THE FOURTEENTH COLONY”--BENEDICT ARNOLD AND ETHAN ALLEN--BINDON’S TREACHERY--CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FEEBLY ANSWERED--MILITIA CALLED OUT--LANDING OF THE REBELS--ENGLISH OFFICIAL APATHY--MONTREAL’S PART IN THE DEFENCE OF CANADA--THE FIRST SOLELY FRENCH-CANADIAN COMPANY OF MILITIA--NOTE: THE MILITIA 63 CHAPTER VIII MONTREAL BESIEGED 1775 THE SECOND CAPITULATION ETHAN ALLEN--HABITANTS’ AND CAUGHNAWAGANS’ LOYALTY TAMPERED WITH--PLAN TO OVERCOME MONTREAL--THE ATTACK--ALLEN CAPTURED--WALKER’S FARM HOUSE AT L’ASSOMPTION BURNED--WALKER TAKEN PRISONER TO MONTREAL--CARLETON’S FORCE FROM MONTREAL FAILS AT ST. JOHN’S--CARLETON LEAVES MONTREAL--MONTREAL BESIEGED--MONTGOMERY RECEIVES A DEPUTATION OF CITIZENS--THE ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION--MONTGOMERY ENTERS BY THE RECOLLECT GATE--WASHINGTON’S PROCLAMATION 71 CHAPTER IX MONTREAL, AN AMERICAN CITY SEVEN MONTHS UNDER CONGRESS 1776 THE CONGRESS ARMY EVACUATES MONTREAL MONTREAL UNDER CONGRESS--GENERAL WOOSTER’S TROUBLES--MONEY AND PROVISIONS SCARCE--MILITARY RULE--GENERAL CONFUSION--THE CHATEAU DE RAMEZAY, AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS--THE COMMISSIONERS: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, SAMUEL CHASE AND CHARLES CARROL--FLEURY MESPLET, THE PRINTER--THE FAILURE OF THE COMMISSIONERS--NEWS OF THE FLIGHT FROM QUEBEC--MONTREAL A STORMY SEA--THE COMMISSIONERS FLY--THE WALKERS ALSO--THE EVACUATION BY THE CONGRESS TROOPS--NOTES: I. PRINCIPAL REBELS WHO FLED; II. DESCRIPTION OF DRESS OF AMERICAN RIFLES 79 CHAPTER X THE ASSEMBLY AT LAST 1776-1791 THE CONSTITUTIONAL ACT OF 1791