1756 in Canada

Events from the year 1756 in Canada.

Events

• France sends two battalions to Canada, with provisions, and 1,300,000 livres, in specie, which has the effect of depreciating the paper currency by 25 per cent.
• March - A Canadian force of 300 captures Fort Bull, between Schenectady and Oswego, and puts the garrison to the sword.
• May - Montcalm reaches Quebec with 1,400 soldiers.
• The Canadians, suffering from smallpox and famine, are burthened with the support of their Indian allies.
• Saturday August 14 - Though opposed to attacking any British fort, Montcalm, at the head of 3,100 regulars, Canadians and Indians, captures Fort Oswego, - a success attributable, mainly, to his intercepting a message to General Webb, commanding 2,000 men in the vicinity. Colonel Mercer is killed. The garrison (1,780) and about 100 women and children are taken prisoners.
• The Marquis de Montcalm assumes a troubled command of French troops in North America. (The Seven Years' War between Britain and France begins in Europe).

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