The reason the British burned down DC was in retaliation of the US burning Toronto. Of course back then it was called York and was the capital of Upper Canada.
The piracy and impressments was only part of the reason for the war. The reason we invaded Canada was because we didn't like the idea of having British neighbors. Many also claimed that it was a drive to liberate the Canadians from the British To this day Canada is still a Constitutional Monarchy, with the Chief of State being Queen Elizabeth II. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 7:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Tim, what's your thoughts on this? > > A completely different country, with no quarrel with you. But no worries. > I am mostly kidding. Mostly. > > It's worth mentioning though that in the history I learned, there were the > Canadians, and then there were the damn British ;) Nor do I recall any > mention of burning Toronto. I think it was more like somebody's farm 50 > feet over the border before y'all ran home...<g> but that may be my > memory, or bias in the learning materials. At least I know mine had one > though... > > Dana > > >Huh? During the War of 1812 Toronto was a city in a British Colony. > > > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210299 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
