Lucas covers Canada’s first half-century under British rule: the Proclamation of 1763 and Pontiac’s War, the Quebec Act, the War of American Independence as seen from the north, the treaty of 1783 and the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists, and the governments of Lord Dorchester and Sir James Craig. Appendices give the treaty and the boundary line.
A detailed Clarendon Press history by a senior Colonial Office man, for readers of Canadian and Revolutionary history. Download the free EPUB.