don't remember anything at all about impressments in *my* history books. But again, they were French-langage history books and not very concerned with British vs. Americans. More into Evangeline, The Founding of Quebec City, coureurs de bois and voyageurs and the Plains of Abraham.
PS - Actually back then it was Upper Canada and Lower Canada. British North America was later. But that's a quibble. Dana >Do they teach that the US invaded after the impressments? > >Ours don't claim that Canada is a colony, in-fact they really don't >mention the affiliation between the two that much as far as the present >tense goes. As far as back then, it was mostly referred to as British >North America. > >IIRC, the US did gain a minimal amount of land around Maine. And the >British finally accepted that the US was in fact a sovereign nation, >which was a big part of what the US was looking for. > >The British felt the impressment of American Citizens was more along the >lines of a draft; they saw them as British Subjects. > >The British were the ones that offered a peace treaty; and offered to >recognize the US, and to stop encroaching on American Territories in the >north, and to stop funding Indian Raiding parties. > >This is what was taught in our books. > > >be >> liberated from the British, particularly by the Americans, and made >the >> point that it was not interested. Ergo it won a defensive war. >> >> Before Tim accuses me of disloyalty again, I'll add that I merely >repeat >> what they teach in French-language schools up there. I don't endorse >this >> version -- I am merely explaining it. I don't have a horse in this >race >> and personally don't give a hoot whether Nixon was or was not the >first US >> president to lose a war, excuse me, police action.... >> >> Now, though, that's Canadian textbooks. If yours said Canada is a >British >> colony, present tense, then they were wrong. It was a colony at the >time >> of the 1812 war. Now it is a member of the Commonwealth, which is not >the >> same thing. >> >> Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210513 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
