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War of 1812
- cause
- native policy on the frontier and rights of neutral shipping on the high seas
- increasing tax, policy that inhibited manufacturing growth
- laws that forced importers/exporters to rely on British shipping
- American expansionist desires
- setting aside Ohio for FN and ban of settlement in Newfoundland
- native policy on the frontier and rights of neutral shipping on the high seas
- reaction
- Upper Canada
- most opposed breaking links with Britain
- minority supported and moved back to US
- others remained neutral
- others waited to see who had advantage
- most opposed breaking links with Britain
- Lower Canada
- squabbles between Parti Canadien and Governor
were set aside to unite for defense
- squabbles between Parti Canadien and Governor
were set aside to unite for defense
- Maritimes
- did not have to face invading armies
- economy was stimulated for being suppliers of war
- Napolean's blockade of Baltic timber boosted economy
- Increased privateering against French ships
- more immigration
- did not have to face invading armies
- Upper Canada
- role in perpetuating myth
- myth has occurred that makes it seem that all Loyalists
were colonial elites with unshakable loyalty to Britain,
committed to liberal principles and had faced
unspeakable violence and hardship
- myth was useful in providing English Canadians with an identity
- benefitted Loyalists to exaggerate for land grants and government positions
- some returned when safe or fought for US in war
- other British immigrants just as Loyal
- not first anglaphones or only Libralists
- myth has occurred that makes it seem that all Loyalists
were colonial elites with unshakable loyalty to Britain,
committed to liberal principles and had faced
unspeakable violence and hardship
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