om this point on, events reached the point of no return for the colonies. In December of 1773, the Boston Tea Party occurred as a direct response to the much-hated Tea Act. In 1774, the First Continental Congress met and formed and began to raise issues which would later stimulant local organizations to end their fidelity for England. However, not everyone favored the revolutionary movement; this was especially true in areas mixed in ethnic culture and in those that were untouched by war. Like Britains two loyal colonies; Florida and Quebec. At the time of the Revolutionary War, there were in actuality fifteen British colonies in America; Florida and Quebec being the two constantly left out. In 1774 England passed the Quebec Act. This Act made Quebec the fourteenth American colony. Quebecs loyalty was put to the test within a year of the passing of the Act. The rebelling original thirteen colonies sent two armies north to capture and utilized the Quebecian territory. Quebecs militia had just enough warning to organize its garrison against the forces of Benedict Arnold. In midwinter of 1775 Arnolds attempt to take seige of the garrison was put asunder when he was wounded by Quebecs militia. By the following Spring the attacking forces retreatedand the battles at Quebecs garrison would be the first and last American Revolution battles fought on Canadian soil. Unlike Canada, Britain gained control of Florida in 1763 in exchange for Cuba, which was captured from Spain during the Seven Years War. With British rule looming in the future, most of the Spanish residence which inhabited Florida left, leaving Florida virtually bare. The British did not take into account the large populations of Indians and blacks which shared the colony with them. The only two cities with more than a handful of white residence were Pensacola and St. Augustine. These two cities would become the heart of the new Floridas. Parliament split, the then larger Flori...
