War of 1812

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(1) Canadian history | The 1812 Overture; Making the most of a forgotten war. Economist, Jan 7, 2012.
http://www.economist.com/node/21542423

Quote:

"British redcoats, colonial militia and Indian allies stopped an American invasion (which Thomas Jefferson mistakenly predicted was 'a mere matter of marching') of what was then a sparsely populated string of colonies" in present-day canada.

"Although Canada did not become a self-governing country until 1867, the 1812 war did help to forge a common identity among disparate colonists, many of whom were Americans who had come north out of loyalty to the Crown or in search of cheap land. But the Indians did more to foil the American invasion than the Canadian militia, and the British reneged on a promise to reward them with land, according to Alan Taylor, a historian of the war. The Canadian side won

Note:
(a) The article said, "That wraps the maple syrup of truth in the waffle of propaganda."

(i) Susan L Pena, Storyteller Wraps his Tales Around a 'kernel of Truth.' Reasding Eagle, Jul 28, 1988.
http://news.google.com/newspaper ... AAAIBAJ&pg=2753,1700233
(ii) Our Opinion: Treasurer Wraps Kernel of Truth in distortion of Facts. Kennebec Journal, dec 12, 2011.
http://www.kjonline.com/opinion/ ... cts_2011-12-10.html
(b) The last sentence of the article mentions "the lieutenant governor of Ontario, Queen Elizabeth’s representative in the province."

(i) lieutenant governor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_governor
(In many Commonwealth of Nations states, a lieutenant governor is the representative of the monarch and act as chief executive officer of the state, province or territory they received appointment)
(ii) lieutenant governor (Canada)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_(Canada)
(On the advice of his or her prime minister [of Canada], the Governor General of Canada appoints the lieutenant governors to carry out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties for an unfixed period of time — known as serving at His Excellency's pleasure — though five years is the normal convention)
(iii) Governor General of Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada
(Queen "on the advice of her Canadian prime minister only, appoints the governor general to carry out most of her constitutional and ceremonial duties for an unfixed period of time—known as serving at Her Majesty's pleasure—though five years is the normal convention")


(2) Chip Cummins, Remembering the War Everybody Manages to Forget; 1812 Bicentennials face uphill battle; 'A hard and confusing tale to tell.' Wall Street Journal, Jan 25, 2012.
http://online.wsj.com/.../SB1000142405297020373530457716899415534
("The country's [Canada's] ruling conservative party is promoting the war as a crucible of Canadian nationhood, uniting English and French Canadians and Native groups")

Note:
(a)
(i) The meaing of the tribe name Shawnee is in dispute. See Wiki for Shawnee.

Tecumseh (1768-1813)
died in Battle of the Thames
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Thames
(took place on October 5, 1813, at Moraviantown on the Thames River, near present-day Chatham, Ontario)
(ii) Moravia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravia
(in the east of the Czech Republic)
(iii) How the town came to be called Moraviantown.

Moravian 47, Ontario
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravian_47,_Ontario
(Following the Gnadenhutten massacre near present day Gnadenhutten, Ohio, on March 8, 1782, a group of surviving Christian Munsees left that area led by Moravian missionary David Zeisberger, eventually reestablishing their community in what is today southern Ontario Canada)
(b) Toronto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto
(established as the Town of York; ransacked in the Battle of York during the War of 1812; In 1834, York was incorporated as a city and renamed to its present name)

(c) The report quotes Ms Sandra Shaul of Toronto as saying, "It's [Fort York's] is the birthplace for Toronto."
(i) Fort York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_York
(on the west side of downtown Toronto; In 1793, Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe authorized a garrison on the present site of Fort York, which was built in 1797; section 3 The War of 1812 and after)
(ii) York, Upper Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York,_Upper_Canada
(York was the name of Old Toronto between 1793 and 1834; the second capital of Upper Canada; section 1 History: Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe of Upper Canada in 1793 renamed [from the last French "Fort Toronto"] the location York after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, George III's second son)

The first capital of Upper Canada was Newark 1792 - 1797 (which was renamed Niagara 1798).

(d) Chatham-Kent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham-Kent
(In 1998 the County of Kent and the city of Chatham were amalgamated to form the Municipality of Chatham–Kent)