1. The Final Assault Battle of Quebec

2. Target : Quebec Challenge : The cliffs

3. Prior knowledge: British economic motivation Permanent settlement French economic motivation Fur trade How do the French survive? All supplies from mother country o How does that make them vulnerable?

4. How to weaken Quebec without an attack? The siege of Louisbourg (mouth of the St. Lawrence)

5. Siege weakens city French depend on mother country for supplies Eventually cliffs must be scaled First attempt= 400 British casualties and 0 French casualties

6. Scaling the cliffs = Failure

7. Wolfe’s strategy There MUST be another way up… there MUST be! There MUST be a way for French to get their own supplies to the top of the cliff

8. Wolfe finds the secret passage

9. British victory on the Plains of Abraham Result = British gain control of North America