HIS263Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Status Quo Ante Bellum, Lower Canada, Indian Department
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Last major war of the 60 years war over the great lakes. Britain vs the us - fought mostly in upper canada. The us wanted to take over canada. The indigenous peoples are still fighting to protect their land - 2 wars in one. The whitehouse was burned - americans teach that the americans won. Difference between the events of the war and how it"s interpreted. The natives did not succeed in getting a buffer state or getting recognition. Changing settler patterns changed wartime preparations - initially loyalists half aboriginal allies. It was the last time the us invaded canada from the 6 nations - another group under john norton has mohawk natives - moving onto. Intermarried from new york and moved to mississauga. War preparations moved capital from niagara on the lake to toronto. Any boat larger than a canoe, you had to build in the great lakes. Queen"s regiment - his own infantry unit.
