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mfritz Donating Member (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 05:43 PM
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10. Do Canadians learn much about this in school
You're right that this war is largely ignored in the US. Do Canadian school kids learn a lot about it?
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  -History buffs: Please help me out with the war of 1812 shylock1579  Sep-01-04 05:34 PM   #0 
  - in a nutshell, yes. yes, they did.  unblock   Sep-01-04 05:35 PM   #1 
  - type in war of 1812 on the google search-- lots of info  niyad   Sep-01-04 05:36 PM   #2 
  - My hubby, history and especially Napolean buff, says that the  DebJ   Sep-01-04 05:37 PM   #3 
  - the battle of new orleans was actually AFTER the war officially ended.  unblock   Sep-01-04 05:41 PM   #8 
  - Thanks!  shylock1579   Sep-01-04 05:43 PM   #11 
  - The Battle of Orleans song (one of my favorite war songs).  TexasSissy   Sep-01-04 06:04 PM   #25 
  - Impressment was the spin, like wmd's in Iraq  independentpiney   Sep-01-04 06:38 PM   #31 
  - Here is a nice chart  tom_paine   Sep-01-04 05:37 PM   #4 
  - These look good, thanks!  shylock1579   Sep-01-04 05:44 PM   #13 
  - Came pretty close.  DrWeird   Sep-01-04 05:38 PM   #5 
  - Ahem....I am a Canadian  Maple   Sep-01-04 05:39 PM   #6 
  - Do Canadians learn much about this in school  mfritz   Sep-01-04 05:43 PM   #10 
  - Yes, all the battles and the heroes  Maple   Sep-01-04 05:50 PM   #18 
     - Thank you  mfritz   Sep-01-04 05:56 PM   #21 
        - Don't you take anything about  Maple   Sep-01-04 06:06 PM   #26 
        - It's not just a pity there's so little...  JHB   Sep-02-04 02:40 PM   #47 
  - So it was against Canada and not the brits??  shylock1579   Sep-01-04 05:45 PM   #14 
  - No  mfritz   Sep-01-04 05:50 PM   #17 
     - Yep, we talk about the burned windowsills  Maple   Sep-01-04 05:55 PM   #20 
  - Very few Canadians  Blue Wally   Sep-01-04 08:17 PM   #43 
  - DC was burned as retaliation for burning Toronto.  Bridget Burke   Sep-02-04 02:27 PM   #46 
  - I don't know a lot about it  Mojambo   Sep-01-04 05:40 PM   #7 
  - WE declared war on THEM  mfritz   Sep-01-04 05:41 PM   #9 
  - It started as a war between France and Britain  0rganism   Sep-01-04 05:43 PM   #12 
  - That helps, thank you!  shylock1579   Sep-01-04 05:46 PM   #16 
  - The US refused to stop trading with Napolean  htuttle   Sep-01-04 05:46 PM   #15 
  - this was really the first "world war"  unblock   Sep-01-04 05:52 PM   #19 
  - The Seven Years War  Maple   Sep-01-04 05:59 PM   #22 
  - Uh, couldn't you say the same thing...  DrWeird   Sep-01-04 06:00 PM   #23 
     - 'French and Indian War ' was part of the 7 Years War  independentpiney   Sep-01-04 06:46 PM   #33 
        - Yes, and the "Great Patriotic War"  DrWeird   Sep-01-04 07:31 PM   #36 
           - I was simply trying to clarify something for you  independentpiney   Sep-01-04 07:41 PM   #38 
              - Actually, I was quite aware.  DrWeird   Sep-01-04 07:43 PM   #39 
                 - Sorry, missed your nuance  independentpiney   Sep-01-04 07:47 PM   #41 
  - Chippawa was an interesting battle  mfritz   Sep-01-04 06:01 PM   #24 
  - The War of 1812 reminds me of Iraq  PatrickS   Sep-01-04 06:11 PM   #27 
  - here's a brief overview:  pinto   Sep-01-04 06:14 PM   #28 
  - Meet Laura Secord  Minstrel Boy   Sep-01-04 06:25 PM   #29 
  - Wow, that's great!  shylock1579   Sep-01-04 06:30 PM   #30 
     - "Secord's Warning" gives me the chills  Minstrel Boy   Sep-01-04 06:40 PM   #32 
        - The Iroquois had a reputation  buddyhollysghost   Sep-01-04 06:52 PM   #34 
  - The Brits continued to arm the Native Americans  JellyBean1   Sep-01-04 07:29 PM   #35 
  - HISTORY CHANNEL  radar   Sep-01-04 07:40 PM   #37 
  - That's some pretty sick shit. Shame on them.  DrWeird   Sep-01-04 07:45 PM   #40 
  - More here...  floridapatriots   Sep-01-04 07:50 PM   #42 
  - article about 1812 war in Salon.com today  Kire   Sep-02-04 01:46 PM   #44 
  - The War of 1812 and the Battle of New Orleans  LibertyLover   Sep-02-04 02:18 PM   #45 
 

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