HIS311Y1 Lecture Notes - Status Quo Ante Bellum, Erectile Dysfunction, Lake Huron
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Take canada from w of 1812 to the final definition of boundaries in north america in 1867. American nw passed out of american control during the war not exactly into b hands. With the capture of detroit and the entrance of lake huron (michimakimac or whatever). Chicago, fort dearborn (?) fell and burned down. No american posts left to the west of lake erie. The americans considered a no brainer to take canada. Canada although impressive on a map in the 1810s was about. Canada is a long line that has quebec, montreal, kingston and some of it is along the american border. Dependent on supplies coming along that line, all they required (a) was to break it. St lawrence between cornwall and kingston is very close to a. madison, the president and his cabinet reasoned similarly. What the americans proposed to do in 1812 therefore doesn"t entirely make sense.
