The next target of the British forces was Montreal. With his troops deserting and low on provisions, Governor Vaudreuil surrendered Montreal and all of Canada to the British in September 8, 1760 . Amherst refused to allow the French to surrender with the honors of war and the French burned their battle flags rather than turn them over to the British .The war dragged on for another two years after the capture of Montreal, until the Treaty of Paris was signed between France, England and Spain on Feb. 15, 1763 .
In September of 1760, Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, the King's Governor of New France, negotiated a surrender with British General Jeffrey Amherst. General Amherst granted Vaudreuil's request that any French residents who chose to remain in the colony would be given freedom to continue worshiping in their Roman Catholic tradition, continued ownership of their property, and the right to remain undisturbed in their homes. The British provided medical treatment for the sick and wounded French soldiers and French regular troops were returned to France aboard British ships with an agreement that they were not to serve again in the present war.King Louis XV
With the Fall of New france, Governer Vaudreuil and other military and civilian officals departed to France, where many were accused of corruption and placed in the Bastille . Trails began in 1761Vaudreuil and seven others were acquitted, others were fined, banished or imprisoned .
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