On this day 250 years ago, Continental Army troops,

New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts militia, Green Mountain Boys from Vermont and Canadian volunteers under the command of Irish immigrant, Brigadier General Richard Montgomery occupied Montreal, Canada without firing a shot. British soldiers under Governor Carleton abandoned the city on the approach of the American army. General Montgomery promised the people of Montreal “liberty and security” and the leading citizens of Montreal in turn assured Montgomery

Our chains are broken, blissful liberty restores us to ourselves. … We accept union as we accepted it in our hearts from the moment we learned of the address of

the First Continental Congress in 1774 inviting Canada to send representatives to the next Continental Congress.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/history/EPCONTENTSE1EP5CH3PA3LE.html