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Plains of Abraham
The Plains of Abraham is a park in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, located on a plateau just outside the city walls.
It was the scene in 1759 of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in the French and Indian War in which the British army under General Wolfe, having scaled the heights above the city under the cover of darkness, surprised and defeated the French. Both Wolfe and the French commander Montcalm died of their wounds, but the battle led to British control over Canada. France would later give up Canada in order to retain its possessions in the Antilles.
See Seven Years War, British colonization of the Americas, French colonization of the Americas.
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British Empire | British colonial period | Canada-France relations | Canada: A People's History | Economic History of Great Britain | French and Indian War | History of the British Empire | Louis-Antoine de Bougainville | Louis-Joseph de Montcalm | Louis Antoine de Bougainville | Louis Joseph de Montcalm | Marquis de Montcalm | Music of Quebec | Quebec, Quebec | Quebec City | Quebec City, Quebec | Québec City | Québec City, Quebec | Simon Fraser (general) | William Howe | William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe
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