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Not Easily Conquered: Being A True History of the American Revolution and Beyond
Welcome to my attempt at a full timeline starting in 1775. If this prove popular enough I shall take it to the present day.​
"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."​
-The American Crisis by Thomas Paine, 1776.​
Prologue
On May 10th, 1775, the Second Continental Congress met for the first time. With the Battles of Lexington and Concord the previous month it was, with the recent capture of Fort Ticonderoga, was what drove King George III to consider the American Colonies in rebellion.​
As soon as the Continental Congress heard of the fall of Fort Ticonderoga they ordered the fort abandoned. Then they changed their minds and started to think about an invasion of Canada, which at the time consisted of Southern Quebec, Southern Ontario, part of Newfoundland and Labrador and what was known as the Northwest Territory (Which is to say everything northwest of the Ohio River).​
Of course, by the time that the invasion started, it was the end of summer. This lead to the campaign going into the fall and straight into winter. It also didn't help the Americans that their attacks were uncoordinated. The invasion failed in the winter of 1775/76.​
But what if the invasion had started a couple of months earlier? What if the French Canadians sided with the Americans instead of staying neutral? What then? This is one answer.​
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