HIS263Y1 Lecture Notes - Protestantism
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Prologue: forging canada through war: seven years war 1756-1763 (often called french and indian war in the north. Peace of paris 1763: american revolution/american war of independence (1776-1783) the first civil war. Peace if paris 1783: war of 1812 (1812-1814) between britain and usa. Treaty of ghent, 1815: sixty years war for great lakes (1754-1814) Recognition of aboriginal rights and first nations treaty rights comes out of this period. Britain is also in debt out of this time. Britain now has gotten much of eastern canada. As soon as word reaches north america that the french have pulled out there was a major resistance from the aboriginals and led to the. The aboriginals capture al but two english forts. The impact of this was immediate, word reaches sir william johnson (british colonial leader) his job to maintain relationships with. Indians in north america and relations with the first nations. So when word reaches, britain is deeply concerned of the uprising.
