The Articles of Capitulation of Montreal were agreed upon between the Governor General of New France,

Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil (22 November 1698 – 4 August 1778) was a Canadian-born colonial governor of French Canada in North America. He was governor of French Louisiana (1743–1753) and in 1755 be ...

, and Major-General Jeffery Amherst on behalf of the

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and

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crowns. They were signed on 8 September 1760 in the British camp before the city of

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, during the

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after a two month campaign which led to the fall of the city. There were 55 articles, including a large array of demands with regards to the protection of the inhabitants of

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: the French, the

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, the

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, and the ''Sauvages'' ( Indians). De Vaudreuil demanded that all be granted the rights and privileges of the other British subjects. These consisted an amnesty of Canadian militiamen who had fought for the French, the free exercise of the Roman Catholic faith, the continuation of the ownership of black and Indian slaves by French Canadians, the continuation of the rights and privileges of the clergy and seigneurs and the guarantee of the rights enjoyed by the native peoples under the French regime. Most were granted by the

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except those with reference to the Acadians. Although the articles were drafted without participation from First Nations, Article 40 of the treaty recognized their sovereignty and autonomy, promising to uphold their right to their lands and religion and avoid punishment for having fought for the French.

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Full text of the Articles of Capitulation of Montreal
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