HIST 202 Lecture Notes - Special Council Of Lower Canada, Louis-Joseph Papineau, Reminiscing
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Hist 202 survey: canada to 1867 (october 26th 2011) Britain"s navy goes from 19,000 to over 120,000 sailors. Chesapeake refuses and is fired on by the british ship: considered an act of war by the british. Ohio valley native confederacy: politicalization = ideological question of political affiliation is the heart of the conflict. Tecumseh/tenkswatawa/battle of tippecanoe 1811: argument for native unity and native attacks against. Europeans: outbreaks of prophecy throughout the ohio valley during this time, one of them continues during 1812; immerges a man named. A lot of important peace treaties (greenville in particular: 1810-1811; tenkswetawa sees the british have abandoned them and the americans are taking over. What does this mean for the war of 1812. Britain will find allies in terms of a native confederacy. In 1812 the americans declare war on britain. Sense that canada is just going to be up for the taking.