War+of+1812+7B

=__ LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WAR OF 1812: __=


 * // __ Who? __ // The British and American were at War in 1812. At the time Canadians were not known as Canadians, but British North Americans. The Americans did not have any allies. However the British North Americans had many allies including the Canadien militia (French colonists), as well as the First Nations, who considered themselves allies of Britain but not peoples loyal to Britain. **


 * __// When? //__ The War of 1812 started in the year of 1812 and ended in 1814, however some of the treaties did not fully finish establishing until years later.**

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 * __//Why?//__ There was lots of tension between Britain and the United States, war soon broke out. The Americans started the war because they wanted more land,some Americans wanted to take over Britain's colonies. Other reasons,like they couldn't get along was because th British kidnapped American sailors to serve in the British navy. Also, since Britain was at War with France, it stopped America from trading with the French.**=====

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 * __ Important People involved in the War of 1812: ~__Laura Secord was just your average British woman citizen,so one might** **think why what influence could she possibly have on the War? Well it started when she overheard the American's plans to attack the British while the were staying at her home. Laura sprung into action immediately and walked a whole 32 kilometers through forest and swamps to warn Lieutenant James Fitzgibbon about the attack.Without Mrs.Secord's warning we can only hope the British would have survived the sneak attack from the Americans. There was a stamp made with Laura's picture on it to commemorate this important Canadian citizen. To see the stamp go to the following link:**=====

~As you know the British had First Nations allies who helped immensely in the War of 1812. Well Tecumseh was a leader of the Shawnee,who were a great allie of the British. Tecumseh united First Nations to oppose the Americans, since before the War broke out, the Americans were taking First Nations land in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh went North to help British with him was an army of 2000-3000 soldiers. Making it the largest First Nation army the Great Lake region had ever seen. Alongside his friend (General Brock) Tecumseh won the Battle of Detroit, which turned out to be a crucial victory. General William Hull was an American politician and American soldier he surrendered Fort Detroit to the British. Brock wrote about his friend before he died in a battle against 3000 American soldiers, where unfortunately Tecumseh and his men were greatly, hopelessly outnumbered, General Brock stated: "a more...gallant Warrior does not I believe exist." His death was a huge blow to the British side. The following is a photo of Chief Tecumseh:** **War of 1812 7B**
 * ~ British General Issac Brock was an Army officer as well as a British Administrator. When he was promoted to Major General, he was put in command of a British Regiment in Upper Canada. Mr.Brock was only 43 years old, when he died in the battle of Queenston Heights and unfortunately did not get to watch his men win in the battle. However his death rallied more Canadian citizens to fight in war against the Americans. He was very important to Canada because he led the Canadian troops up the heights to fight one of the most important battles that took place in the war of 1812. For a picture of the Battle of Queenston Heights and When Issac Brock got wounded click on the following link:****http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Push_on%2C_brave_York_volunteers.jpg**
 * ~American Stephen Van Rensselaer was the 3rd American Lieutenant Governor and had a plan to cross the Niagara River, and invade the town of Queenston. He wanted to capture Queenston Heights because if he succeeded at this, he would have a vantage point and would possibly be able to command the area and eventually drive the British forces out of the Niagara Peninsula.
 * ~Lieutenant James Fitzgibbon also was important in the War of 1812. He was a British Lieutenant who later got promoted to a Colonel. The men that he led were entitled "the bully boys". Lieutenant James performed many cunning and sneaky plots to trick the Americans, and in which case usually was successful! Fitzgibbon and his men won The battle of beaver dams which was a key battle during this War.**


 * __ Important Battles/Key Events that took place in the War of 1812: __~The Battle of Queenston Heights is considered to be definitely one of the most crucial battles that took place. It was also one of the first major battles in the War and it took place on October 13th 1812. It started with British General Issac Brock, he carefully led his troops up a very steep goat path. Then they came upon a large clearing, they later fought the Americans, where Brock died but they won the battle.~The battle of Beaver dams was significant in the War of 1812. It pretty much started with Canadian citizen Laura Secord who warned the British about the Americans plans to travel to the British headquarters to capture them. After Fitzgibbon was provided with this knowledge, Fitzgibbon ordered his troops to move out to the forests to surround the Americans in a large clearing where the battle took place. The british won this battle.~Also, on August 24th 1812, the British went to Washington D.C. and took over Washington. They set the Presidential ablaze and put the torch to many other important buildings of parliment to get back at the Americans for doing the same thing to them.

__ The End Result: __~ The War of 1812 ended in a deadlock, meaning no side technically won. It was sort of a tie between the British and Americans however some Canadians choose to believe it was the War we won and Americans vice versa. The Treatie of Ghent was established after the War and with it were conditions that both countries must give the land they had claimed back to eachother, the 49th parrelel was developed which bordered the United States and British North america.

__ The Effect on Canada{Canadian's} identity: __~The affect was that the Canada we know today probably would not be the same because if America had won and expanded their control, Canada would have become American, and Canada might not have existed at all! Also the 49th parrelel was developed which bordered the two neighboring countries. Still, there are different veiws about the effect the War of 1812 had, for instance some think it strengthened the relationship between the two countries, others have the opinion about the effect it had on the Natives.**

Sources used: Our Canada textbook,Mrs.Heller's handout, Voices in Visions,Goggle/internet,Wikipedia.