... Paris in 1763, a greater portion of the French dominions in America fell into the possession of the British crown. When news of the surrender of Ticonderoga (q. v.) reached Governor Carleton, of Canada , he issued a proclamation (June 9, 1775) in which he declared the captors to be a band of rebellious traitors; established martial law; summoned the French peasantry to serve under the old colonial n...