HISB40H3 Lecture 1: HISB40 8.docx
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The war of 1812: the road to war. Craig threw the editor of paper on canadienne repression into jail; is the signifier of the repression. Catholic church was powerful in ca b/ was target during french revolution. French ca leaders were people that brit. should have and could have been working with. *this is a period b/w 1790s and 1810s where all these measures have lasting damage b/w. French and english relationship; tensions are continued and entrenched. *at this time the timber colony of nb is doing great: maritime conflict. Impresssment: they have massive fleat b/ conditions sucked, pay sucked thus alot of people on ships were unwilling irish sailors desperately needed to maintain navy; brit. would stop am. merchant marines and search ships for deserters of brit. navies. Chesapeake-leopard: killed three people during this attack (brit. wouldn"t norm. kill people though); 2 deserters were af.
