One of the first attacks of the War of 1812 occurred in present-day Ontario, in a place named Sandwich (out of all possible names to name a town). However, the Americans, at war with Britain, [read on]
Founded in 1811 by William Gray, the Montreal Herald became a major competitor to fellow English papers such as the Montreal Gazette. Originally a weekly paper as conceived by its founder, the newspaper became a [read on]
Antisemitism runs rampant in Lower Canada when Ezekiel Hart comes to town [read on]
The Montreal Gazette? That is so 1785. Read about the new kids on the block, Le Canadien and the Mercury, on this week’s Curios. [read on]
Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, returned to the now plural Canadas in August of 1973 in order to be physically present and assume his role as the Governor of the Canadas as well as [read on]
Read about the Constitutional Act of 1791, the document that created the two Canadas. [read on]
Life without John Molson might be a bit drier had he not come back to Montreal in 1786 to establish his own brewery. An Englishman by birth, he entered the brewing business early in his [read on]
You won’t find much in the Montreal Gazette, much less (or should we say “at least”) as far their history goes. You might not even know his name, but Fleury Mesplet, a printer from France, [read on]
Three sets of treaties in France would end the American Revolutionary War between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain and their respective allies. New England, who had France and Spain as their major allies during [read on]
By the time the American War of Independence ended and each party sent their respective delegations to conclude peace treaties with one another, tensions were high even amongst the people in their delegations. While popular [read on]
Despite the sheer unity and enthusiasm that most films and biopics set during the American Revolution tend to portray, most historians say that only one third of the population of the Thirteen Colonies supported the [read on]
During the American Revolution, the Revolutionaries managed to get not one but two Canadian Regiments in their grasp. The first Regiment participated in the successful capture of the British-occupied Fort Chambly in 1775 and the [read on]
While chaos erupted in the Thirteen Colonies, contrary to popular belief, things were happening in the Province of Quebec and environs. A young Alexander Mackenzie, the famous Canadian explorer, lived in New York with his [read on]
Name George Washington or Thomas Jefferson as one of the important figures of the American Revolution, but it does seem that somehow, a lot of the action leads back to Benedict Arnold. He was one [read on]
The first battle of the American Revolution was that of Lexington and Concord, fought in 1775. These battles occurred in April, right on the heels of Paul Revere and company’s “’Midnight Rides” to warn the [read on]
In most respects, the Quebec Act (Acte de Québec) was a consolidation of reforms and tolerances pushed by Guy Carleton during his time as Governor of Quebec. The Act would declare religious freedom for the [read on]
Military man Guy Carleton was one of the men who had power thrust upon him: at the time of his appointment as Governor of Quebec, his experiences had been chiefly military. Taken under the wing [read on]
Just about any Quebec history book will have at least a section dedicated to Acadia (Acadie), the former French colony fell under British rule following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. The ultimate decision by the [read on]
The first filles du roi arrived in 1663, a government-sponsored initiative of bringing young women into the colonies to work, marry, and have children. It was actually the idea of Jean Talon, who needed to [read on]
Christopher Columbus is widely credited as being the discoverer of North America, but there were another people who beat him to it by about four hundred years: the Vikings. While common cultural misinterpretations class Vikings [read on]
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