Really,
It's funny how history is taught on either side of the boarder.
Growing up, we were taught that the United States declared war on us because they wanted to seize our country and steel our property. We were taught that it was president madison declared war on us because he was being manipulated by the war hawks who dreamed of one continent ruled from Washington. Manifestdestiny as it were. We were taught that the Americans were running the British blockades and supplying Napolean in his quest to conquor all of Europe and that Britain had no choice but to put a stop to such beligerence.
We were taught that a rag tag band of Canadian militia, British Regular Forces and a whole pile of Aboriginals warriors fought under a guy named Sir Issac Brock to resist the occupation by the agressive American hordes. We were taught that under Brock, the British, Canadians and Aboriginal warriors (who had seen the genocide waged by the Americans against native people) were vastly outnumbered and out gunned but they fought with their brains and cunning and bravery and defeated the invaders and drove them back at every turn. We were taught that we even managed to burn Washington and the white house down. We were taught that president Madison was a coward who dressed up like a woman to flee from the British in Washington to Virginia. We were also taught that the second the British defeated Napolean and thus could bring the full thrust of their navy and military to bare on the invading Americans that the Americans had a very sudden change of heart and sued for peace rather than potentially lose to the PISSED OFF British.
The treaty of Ghent was signed on Christmas eve 1814.
Funny how history looks on the other side of the boarder?
No hard feelings though eh.
