HIS263Y1 Lecture : War of 1812
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Okay, first things first, a disclaimer that you probably won"t need, there was a war in. 1812 in europe, but it"s a different one. It was a little, just a little, connected to the. Essentially, the united states invaded upper canada with a view to taking it over. More broadly though, it was the last battle in the 60 years war for the great lakes, when the. First nations of the great lakes and ohio valley struggled to protect their lands from invasion. Well, officially it"s considered a draw by the treaty of kansas. In actuality, the indians lost in terms of their lands and rights, and canada won in terms of, well, we pushed them back and annexed them. The americans like to think they won, by calling it the second war of independence, but no, they really didn"t. Alright, upper canada was only 22 years old here, and people were quite aware of the possibility of continued conflict.
