Key Figures
The first British Governor of Upper Canada.
Who is John Graves Simcoe?
The declaration of The War of 1812.
When is June 18, 1812?
An act from 1971 which divided the French colony of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.
What is the Constitutional Act?
The British feared American Expansion because it threatened these two colonies directly.
What are Upper and Lower Canada?
The belief that the United States was meant to expand westward and govern the continent of North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The American President who declared war on Britain.
Who is James Madison?
The year that John Graves Simcoe arrived in Upper Canada.
When is 1792?
A group of people who remained loyal to Britain after the American Revolution and made up much of Upper Canada's upper class.
Who are the Loyalists?
The country that supplied First Nations warriors with rifles and ammunition, the Americans discovered.
What is Britain?
The communion which had special privileges in Upper Canada, just as it did in England.
What is the Anglican Church?
A Shawnee leader and a skilled military strategist and orator who resisted American expansion.
Who is Tecumseh?
The year during which The Battle of Tippecanoe took place.
When is 1811?
A ship used for commercial transportation of goods.
What is a merchant ship?
Early settlement took place near these two lakes due to the poor roads in Upper Canada.
What are Lake Erie and Lake Ontario?
Loyalists who had previously served for Britain were offered this annual payment.
What is half pay?
The Canadian who walked 30 kilometers to warn British forces about an impending American attack.
Who is Laura Secord?
When is 1793?
A group of politicians who advocated war with Britain.
Who are the War Hawks?
The first British Colony to pass a law against slavery.
What is Upper Canada?
Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa, was also known by this title.
What is The Prophet?
The governor of the Indiana Territory who led the attack at The Battle of Tippecanoe.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
This year, Simcoe passed a law that allowed only Anglican ministers to legally perform marriages.
When is 1793?
Forcing someone to serve in the navy or army, as used by the British Navy.
What is impressment?
The present-day city near Tenskwatawa's village on the Tippecanoe River, named after a French military officer in the American and French Revolutions, and the birthplace of hard rock band Guns N' Roses.
What is Lafayette, Indiana?
President Jefferson declared this on trade with Britain in 1807, and later had it lifted in 1809.
What is an embargo?