The Continental Congress on January 20, 1776, gave permission to Colonel Moses Hazen, the Military Governor of Montreal to recruit an army from the local Metis population, which he carried out. Thus, Colonel Hazen created the 2nd Canadien (Canadian) Regiment, also called Hazen's regiment and they served throughout the Revolutionary War, and were even involved in the siege of York Town. On October 19, 1781, Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the Franco-American forces under General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette. The 2nd Canadien Regiment was disbanded on November 15, 1783, two months after the Anglo-American Peace Treaty of Versailles.
In the latter part of 1775, a force from the Continental Army under Irish-born Major-General Richard Montgomery (formerly a Captain in the British army), Major-General Benedict Arnold and Major-General Robert Livingston invaded Montreal, Quebec, and after some heavy fighting with the British army, managed to defeat them, and on November 13, 1775 the city surrendered to the Continental Army. The commanders of the victorious Continental Army then appointed Colonel Moses Hazen of Haverhill, Massachusetts as Military Governor of the City of Montreal.
The Continental Congress on January 20, 1776, gave permission to Colonel Moses Hazen, the Military Governor of Montreal to recruit an army from the local Metis population, which he carried out. Thus, Colonel Hazen created the 2nd Canadien (Canadian) Regiment, also called Hazen's regiment and they served throughout the Revolutionary War, and were even involved in the siege of York Town. On October 19, 1781, Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the Franco-American forces under General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette. The 2nd Canadien Regiment was disbanded on November 15, 1783, two months after the Anglo-American Peace Treaty of Versailles.
In April, 1776, Benjamin Franklin in the company of Fr. John Carroll of Maryland, businessman Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland (The only Catholic signatory of the Declaration of Independence in 1776) along with Samuel Chase arrived in Montreal to have talks with the Habitants (Metis) and members of their clergy, including the Bishop of Montreal in an attempt to win them over to the Revolutionary cause. But the bishop of Montreal did not want any discussions on that subject and summarily excommunicated Fr. Charles Carroll, without giving them any reason for it. Of course Benjamin Franklin was very upset with this sudden turn of events on the part of the Habitants.
Meanwhile Benjamin Franklin arranged to have a printing press brought over from Vermont, along with a Frenchman who could handle the job. In 1774, Marseilles-born printer the Frenchman Fleury Mesplet immigrated to Philadelphia, PA in 1774 and published "Letter to the inhabitants of Canada" in 1775 for the Continental Congress. In 1776 Mesplet moved from Philadelphia, PA to the newly captured City of Montreal. When the British Army re-captured Montreal on June 15, 1776, Fleury Mesplet was tried for sedition and served a short term in prison for it. Upon being released he began printing again and it was not till 1785 that he began his publication of "La Gazette de Montreal", which was then a French-language newspaper.
Colonel Hazen being a very determined man could not give up his dream of capturing Canada even after American independence. And went on to discuss his plans for such a venture with the Marquis de Lafayette. They began the building of a 54-mile-road through New England stretching from Wells River to the west side of Walden to Hazen's Notch in Westfield. Hazen's Road was finally completed between during the years 1776 - 1779
Kenneth T. Tellis
"Telling the truth is a truly revolutionary act!" George Orwell (Eric Blair)
Mr. Herbert went on to tell me that June 24th was a day that was celebrated by “les canadiens” as their NATIONAL FEAST and that he would not approve of it because it would make his Québécoise wife very angry. So I asked him whether he was MP for the constituents of Vaudreuil or only represented his wife a Québécoise. At which he got very annoyed and put down the telephone.
But the sad part is that the infrastructure of Montreal has collapsed. Roads, highways and the raised sections of the overhead roads now fall in pieces or chunks on to the roads below, causing serious damage. The roads are now somewhat like an obstacle courses that one has to learn how to negotiate, or do damage their cars.
The Continental Congress on January 20, 1776, gave permission to Colonel Moses Hazen, the Military Governor of Montreal to recruit an army from the local Metis population, which he carried out. Thus, Colonel Hazen created the 2nd Canadien (Canadian) Regiment, also called Hazen's regiment and they served throughout the Revolutionary War, and were even involved in the siege of York Town. On October 19, 1781, Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the Franco-American forces under General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette. The 2nd Canadien Regiment was disbanded on November 15, 1783, two months after the Anglo-American Peace Treaty of Versailles.
Definition: King's Calendar Chronological Research
The Premise: Between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE (but continuing down to at least 104 BCE), Sectarian redactors transcribed the legitimate 'solar year' chronological records of Israel and Judah, into an artificial form, with listed years as each comprised of 12 months of 4 weeks of 7 days, or 336 days per year, thus creating a 13th artificial year where 12 solar years existed.
When the Synchronous Chronological Data provided in the Books of Kings and Chronicles for the Divided Kingdom Period are measured in years of 336 days, the synchronisms actually align. [Refer to Appendix 5. to see how it synchronises the Divided Kingdom Period]
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R.P.BenDedek is the owner and Editor of KingsCalendar.com which was originally set up to publicize his research results into the Chronology of Ancient Israel. Those results were published under the title: 'The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran'.
Whilst there have been many attempts to solve the chronological riddle of the Bible's synchronisms of reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah and their synchronism with other Ancient Near Eastern Nations, no other research is based on a simple mathematical formula which could, if it is incorrect, be disproved easily. To date, no one has been able to dismiss the mathematical results of this research.
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