Battle of the Plains of Abraham

Name: Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Start: 1759
Location: Quebec

1759 · Quebec · Americas · War

Britain takes Quebec, and France loses Canada

Battle of the Plains of Abraham — Benjamin West · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the Seven Years' War, General Wolfe's British troops defeated the Marquis de Montcalm's French outside Quebec; both commanders were killed. By the 1763 Treaty of Paris, France ceded Canada to Britain.

State: New France, Kingdom of France

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