Unit 3 Test Flashcards
(29 cards)
Quebec Act
- 1774
- made by British to gain French loyalty
- made Americans very angry (catholicism + land)
Why Americans declared war?
Debt from 7 year war
taxation without representation
“Taxation without representation”
being taxed without having representation in gov. decision making processes
Canadian reaction to Revolution
Canada says no
Invasion of Canada
Diagram US invades Canada attacking Montreal and Quebec City simultaneously (fails + kicked out of Canada)
Brits defend Canada
When was the Declaration of Independence?
July 4, 1776
What cities did the British surrender to Americans?
Saratoga and Yorktown
What did Benjamin Franklin want
Quebec as a part of the surrender conditions, but British kept Canada out of it
Revolution significance
- Broke up British Empire
- ushered era of revolution where people demanded freedom (e.g. French revolution)
Who were the loyalists?
Americans who remained loyal to Britain so they left bc mistreatment
Where did loyalists go?
Many went to Quebec (becoming Ontario
Nova Scotia (becoming New Brunswick)
Who won war of 1812
no one
Who was in war of 1812
England, Canada, natives of Canada
vs
USA
Reasons for war of 1812
Impressment - grabbing american sailors
Forts - British wouldn’t leave forts
Debts- Americans owed British
Bombings - Brits on American stuff
Native uprisings - due to british
Phase 1 1812 - Brock
Battle
Detroit
Queenston Heights
Phase 2 1813
Cryslers Farm!
- British and Canadians repel american invasion despite being outnumbered
Tecumseh
native leader who resisted american invasion
Isaac Brock
brit officer who fought agaianst american
Laura Secord
trekked 32 km to warn brit of american attack
Phase 3 - 1814
Burning of Washington DC (inspired star spangled banner (anthem))
Battle of New Orleans
After Treaty of Ghent
fought after war ended (Americans won)
Who lost the war of 1812?
Natives lost chance for an independent country. Everyone else says they won.
49th parallel
Thomas Howe
rep. Nova Scotia
William Lyon Mackenzie
Scottish rep. Ontario