. Una storia di classe junior degli Stati Uniti; a cui si aggiungono la Dichiarazione di indipendenza, e la Costituzione degli Stati Uniti .. . EPEDENCE 141 ha firmato la sua posizione in Congresso e, riparandosi a camma-ponte, ha preso il comando dell'esercito (luglio).* 9. Expedition Against Canada.- per evitare che theBritisli nsing Canada come base di operazioni. Con-gress, nel 1775, ha inviato un espediente Sclniyler a prendere possesso di esso. Aveva raggiunto il fiume so-rel, quando la malattia costringendo il suo ritorno, Montgomery, il prossimo flficer, thentook il comando. Presto Madesé maestro di San Giovanni e Mon-

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. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . EPENDENCE 141 signed his position in Congress and, repairing to Cam-bridge, took command of the army (July).* 9. Expedition against Canada.—To prevent theBritisli from nsing Canada as a base of operations. Con-gress, in 1775, sent an expeditionunder Sclniyler to take possession ofit. He had reached the So-rel River, when sickness compelling his return, Montgomery, the next oflficer, thentook the command. He soon madehimself master of St. Johns and Mon-treal, and then marched to Quebec, where, as had been arranged, he was joined by Arnold, who, with another force, had proceeded by the way of theKennebec and the wilderness lying between its head watersand the St. Lawrence. 10. Attack on Quebec—Death of Montgomery.—For three weeks they ])esieged the city, and then resolvedto take it by assault. On tlie last day of tlie year, andduring a fierce snow-storm, they advanced to the attack infour columns. Onward they moved, capturing the en-emys works, the noble form of Montgomery leading his. He declined all compensation, remarking, I will keep an account of my expenses.Those, I doubt not, will be discharged ; and that is all I desire. * On General Washingtons arrival at Cambridge, his first care was to reconnoitrethe British troops with his spy-glass, and to examine the condition of his own army.He found that the American troops amounted to about fourteen thousand men. Theywere extended all round the peninsula of Boston, a space of twelve miles, from tliehigh grounds of Roxbury on the right, to Mystic River on the left. Some were livingin tents of sail-cloth, some in shanties rudely constructed of rough boards, some inhuts of stone and turf, with curious windows and doors of basket-work.—//rt/cWowie. 9. Expedition against Canada ? What cities were taken ? Arnolds route ? Wheredid he join Montgomery ? 10. Siege of Quebec ? Resu

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