HST 711 Lecture 5: Lecture Five - Sept 19th, 2014
5 Apr 2016
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Hst 711 canada and the united states. British military withdrawal (british paid for everything) Civil war affected, but did not change the policy in any dramatic way. Divided opinion, general sympathy for the north. Majority of canadians who participated in the civil war were part of the northern side of the u. s. (elite group of society) Played into canadian myth of gentle people (not really true, canada was not too friendly with slaves as well, majority of the slaves left canada for the united states after the war ended) Crimping (british army men deserting the canadian army and begin serving in the. American union army, paid more and given land. Crimping would be getting the soldiers really drunk and then forcing them into fighting for their side, threatened to be killed if the soldiers did not co-operate) Skedaddlers (young american men who don"t want to fight in the american army and leave for bna)
