BBC Learning: True Stories

It was the first true world war. Two empires, France and Britain, were fighting in Europe and around the world. On the 13th of September 1759, the battle on the Plains of Abraham at Que&#x30... Read allIt was the first true world war. Two empires, France and Britain, were fighting in Europe and around the world. On the 13th of September 1759, the battle on the Plains of Abraham at Québec became the turning point of that war and decided the fate of North America, sending ... Read allIt was the first true world war. Two empires, France and Britain, were fighting in Europe and around the world. On the 13th of September 1759, the battle on the Plains of Abraham at Québec became the turning point of that war and decided the fate of North America, sending out shockwaves, which resonate to this day.