HISB40H3 Lecture : Begining to Canadian History
Document Summary
Fending off the americans, 1813: burning york, stoney creek and beaver dams, laura secord. upper canadian women living in the niagara region. she overheard america officers talking about a secret invasion. she trekked 30 km to tell a canadian commander of the invasion: in september of 1813 the americans got control of the great lakes, moraviantown, henry procter, william henry harrison, chateauguay, charles de salaberry. The war of 1812"s impact on upper canada: economic boost, local merchant supplied a lot to the war. Religion and education: anglicanism (england), presbyterianism (scotland), methodism (united states, the clergy reserves. 1/7 of the land in upper canada went to protestant sects of. Political unrest: frustration with the family compact, was not a democratic society, had to raise money through taxation, in theory the assembly had a lot of power but they didn"t really have a lot of power. Banished briton," 1817: robert gourlay"s 31 questions.
