CANA 1F91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Historical Revisionism, French Revolution
21 Sep 2016
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Why the war of 1812 makes everyone happy. Thomas jefferson, former president (not the president during the war) American"s had spies to see how ready the british were for war. Over 22,000 people during this period died mostly from disease as oppose to this battle. 8600 british and 11,300 americans killed, wounded, missing. One of the bloodiest battles happened at lundy"s lane year 1814. There was no territory loss or gain no winners . After war of 1812 was over people did not know what to do next. Upper canada became a community after 1812, no longer americans, nor. People knew dying of disease was more common than dying in battle. Hero from one of the victories in detroit. Dies 4 nights into the war that lasted 2 years. He did not like upper canada rather be fighting in europe. Battle of queenston heights (october 13th 1812) Had no high opinion of the local militia.
