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Canada's History #2 - Coggle Diagram
Canada's History #2
Fight for Canada
US attacked Canada (June 1812)
1813
Naval battle on the Great Lakes
Lt-Col. Charles de Salaberry + 460 soldiers
Stopped 4000 american soldiers near MTL
Laura Secord
made 19 mile on foot
Warn Lt James FitzGibbon on planned American Atk
Invaded Canada 1812-1814
Chief Tecumseh
Aboriginal who defended Canada
Group = Shawnee
Sir Isaac Brock
Captured Detroit City
Killed near Niagara Falls
The War
York City
Americans burned down the Govt House & Parliement buildings
Washington DC
British burned down the White House + other public buildings
Ended in 1814
Duke of Wellington (1814)
Sent his soldiers to defend Canada
Rideau Canal
Water Pathway, built to protect from invasion
Bytown (Ottawa) was chosen at the end
Defeated Napoleon (1815)
Helped to found Ottawa as Capital City
Rebellions of 1837-38
near MTL - TOR
agains British colonial govt
defeated by British Troops
Lord Durham
English reformer
Recommended Upper & Lower Provinces be joined and given ...
Sir Etienne-Paschal Taché
Fathers of Confederation
Sir George-Étienne Cartier
Sir John A. Macdonald
Former member of the voluntary Govt in Upper Canada
Responsible Govt.
Must have majority of elected reps
1840
Upper and lower Canada were united as the
Province
of Canada
Sir Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine
1st leader (1849)
Helped protect French language
Nova Scotia
1st British North American colony to attain full responsible government (1847-48)
Lord Elgin
Governor General
introduced RG in 1848-49
Today's system
Confederation
Means: the joining provinces to make a new country
1867
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
The Dominion of Canada
July 1st Dominion Day