thumb|After a three-month siege of Quebec City, British forces captured the city at the Plains of Abraham. The British proceeded to wage a campaign in the northwest frontier of Canada in an effort to cut off the French frontier forts to the west and south. They captured Ticonderoga and Fort Niagara, and they defeated the French at the Thousand Islands in the summer of 1759. In September 1759, James Wolfe defeated Montcalm in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham which claimed the lives of both commanders. After the battle, the French capitulated the city to the British.
thumb|After a three-month siege of Quebec City, British forces captured the city at the Plains of Abraham. The British proceeded to wage a campaign in the northwest frontier of Canada in an effort to cut off the French frontier forts to the. west and south. They captured Ticonderoga and Fort Niagara, and they defeated the French at the Thousand Islands in the summer of 1759. In September 1759, James Wolfe defeated Montcalm in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham which claimed the lives of both commanders After the battle, the French capitulated the city to the British.