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I prevented an ambush of British soldiers because I overheard secret American plans.
Who is Laura Secord?
This area was higher in elevation and later became known as Ontario.
What is Upper Canada?
The loss of this food crop forced many Irish to immigrate to British North America in the 1840s.
What are potatoes?
This conflict resulted in the end of the Thirteen Colonies.
What is the American Revolution OR War of Independence?
People forced to flee their homeland for fear of persecution or death.
What are refugees?
I united various First Nations tribes to fight against the Americans in the War of 1812.
Who is Tecumseh?
This area was located downstream from Ontario.
What is Lower Canada or Quebec?
The arrival of this group of refugees after the American Revolution drastically increased the number of Anglophones in British North America.
Who are the Loyalists?
In 1837, these conflicts resulted in both leaders fleeing to the United States.
What were the Rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada?
An elite group of English speaking people who controlled the government in Lower Canada.
What is the Chateau Clique?
I gave Tecumseh the red sash from my uniform, and he gave me his beaded belt which I was wearing when I was killed leading the British forces in a battle of the War of 1812.
Who is General Isaac Brock?
This building had to be whitewashed after it was scorched by British forces in the War of 1812.
What is the White House?
This government report recommended the joining of Upper and Lower Canada into one colony and the assimilation of the French culture.
What is the Durham Report?
Americans thought they won this war, but they most certainly did not.
What is the War of 1812?
The Upper Canada equivalent of the Chateau Clique.
What is the Family Compact?
We both rebelled against the unfair government in Upper and Lower Canada. We did not think it was fair that the people in power passed laws that only profited themselves.
Who are Papineau and Mackenzie?
This city was the site of a battle that was fought after the peace treaty to end the war had already been signed and also recently hosted a Super Bowl game.
What is New Orleans?
This government Act united Upper and Lower Canada into one colony with one elected assembly and English as the official language.
What is the Act of Union?
This method of execution was used to deal with the reformer leaders who did not flee to the US.
What is hanging?
People who want to change the government by violent or peaceful means.
What are reformers?
I recommended combining Upper and Lower Canada into one colony and granting them responsible government.
Who is Lord Durham?
These two colonies were formed by Loyalists and later became Provinces.
What are New Brunswick and Ontario?
This name was given to the massive influx of immigrants moving from the United Kingdom to North America.
What is the Great Migration?
The official name of the list of changes the reformers wanted the government to make in Lower Canada.
What are the 92 Resolutions?
Radical Reformers in Lower Canada led by Papineau who wanted change in the government.
Who are the Patriotes?