It is one of those marvels of history that the long struggle between Great Britain and France for control of North America was decided in a brief battle on a relatively small tract of land in Quebec City. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, which was fought by British troops under the command of Gen. James Wolfe and French and Indian forces led by Gen. Marquis Louis Montcalm on the morning of Sept. 13, 1759, was part of the French and Indian War in North America, which was part of the larger Seven Years' War among the European great powers.
In the early 17th century, while Great Britain established permanent settlements in Virginia and New England, Samuel de Champlain founded â??New Franceâ? at a strategically located area of the St. Lawrence Seawayâ??Quebec. The ensuing competition for more territory led to the construction of forts that dotted the landscape of North America from eastern Canada to Michigan, from the Hudson Valley of New York to Pennsylvania and beyond.
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