When "the Fourteenth Colony" Lost its Place: Quebec after 1776

Quebec has often been referred to as "the fourteenth colony." The Quebec Act of 1774 featured among the enumerated grievances in the United Colonies' Declaration of Independence, and much of the colony served as the scene of one of the Continental Army's first military campaigns. Yet, the end of the army's siege of Quebec City on May 6, 1776 is often treated as the end of Quebec's relevance to the American Revolution. In this talk, Reynoso argues that the colony's relevance did not end when the siege did, and she explores different ways of approaching the study of Quebec and the revolution after May 1776.