Revolutionary Cause Quotes



Beaumarchais had established the commercial house of Hortalez and Company with which to procure supplies for the American Revolution. He was actually a secret agent of the French Government however he was not terribly secret about his dealings much to the chagrin of both the Americans and the King and Foreign Minister of France. This quotation from a letter he actually sent to the Secret Committee of Correspondence of the American Congress under the name of Hortalez and Company was his feeble attempt at spycraft to set up his cover and then even offer his cover as a “safe house” for American operations in France. See {624187}.


This quotation shows 1) that the American Colonists saw their country to be as including Canada. See Thomas Jefferson for more on that point: {636940}. 2) That the Continental Congress misread the situation in Quebec assuming that the cultural values of New England were those of Quebec. Given the strong French tradition in Quebec, and the dependence on trapping and trading, Quebec was quite different. Also, England had acted to secure Quebec militarily. See {636939}.