Yeah, its definitely given more significance here, I dont' know if I'd say it was the "fulcrum" of our history. I mean it really only pertains to Quebec and Ontario. I'd definitely still say WW1, particularly the battle of Vimy Ridge, was more monumental to Canadian history.
It is also pretty widely taught that it was the British who won the war, though anyone who actually bothers to read into it a little more knows that it was a weird sort of war where both sides basically got more or less what they wanted out of it. The British backed off the American's trade routes, and the Americans stopped trying to invade (Though they continued to encourage the Fenian raids for a long while after that).
Like NPR said, it was the first Nations who really lost out.
And the burning of the White House, I've talked about here before, is also pretty poorly represented in Canadian history. We didn't even learn it was retaliation for the razing of york in my school. I learned that part years later.
Never heard of Tecumseh either, but Laura Secord yes, she's been called the Canadian Paul Revere.
That guy sounds like he goes way more in depth about it than we did in my school. I'm sure curriculum's changed a lot since I was in elementary though.
It is also pretty widely taught that it was the British who won the war, though anyone who actually bothers to read into it a little more knows that it was a weird sort of war where both sides basically got more or less what they wanted out of it. The British backed off the American's trade routes, and the Americans stopped trying to invade (Though they continued to encourage the Fenian raids for a long while after that).
Like NPR said, it was the first Nations who really lost out.
And the burning of the White House, I've talked about here before, is also pretty poorly represented in Canadian history. We didn't even learn it was retaliation for the razing of york in my school. I learned that part years later.
Never heard of Tecumseh either, but Laura Secord yes, she's been called the Canadian Paul Revere.
That guy sounds like he goes way more in depth about it than we did in my school. I'm sure curriculum's changed a lot since I was in elementary though.
