Friday, January 27, 2023

Making A Country

 The War of 1812 ended with different claims between British and Americans in North America, along with disputed territory. First Nations peoples who fought in it had their own goals.


Clothing of the era, from First Nations peoples.


Their warriors had fought in the Revolution, coming north as Loyalists. They fought again in the War of 1812, with some unintended consequences.


The French speaking peoples of the former New France sought accomodation.


Part of that came in the Acadian return, in the years following their initial expulsion at the time of the French and Indian War. They would return to their homelands in the Maritimes, building a distinct French speaking society of their own.


Loyalists and other English speakers also settled into Canada in the first half of the 19th century. At first, life would be hard, but they would end up succeeding and thriving.


Some items of the period are displayed here.


In time, what would become Canada would rise politically out of a period of unrest and turbulence.

42 comments:


  1. That´s a great exhibition. That robe has so much detail, I would not have expected that and the boat-display is very well done, too.
    Oh, you make me refresh my French, too.

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  2. There is even a large log in display room

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  3. An interesting walk through our history to be sure.

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  4. ...the War of 1812 is view quite differently on both side of the border.

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  5. Another great exhibit. Take care, have a wonderful weekend.

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  6. This is so interesting to hear about the war of 1812. It's one of which I know regretfully little.

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  7. There were challenges to getting together as a country. Communication alone was a huge challenge.

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  8. It is amazing how many don't know about 1812, on both sides of the border!

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  9. I'll never forget seeing a reenactment of the Canadians defeating the Americans one time when I was in Toronto. I love seeing history from a different point of view.

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  10. Plenty of hanges and challenges for people to work on.

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  11. Similar here but 2 years later people started to come to Aotearoa, hard times back then.

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  12. Muy interesantes esas indumentarias y los objetos de esa colección. Son fundamentales para conocer esa parte antigua de la historia.
    Feliz fin de semana.

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  13. History always makes me wonder if they ever thought of trying to just let each other be ~ sigh ~ I can dream.

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  14. Interesting. I don’t know much about Canadian history.

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  15. You get better and better at presenting Canadian history in words and images.

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  16. An interesting tour, many thanks.

    All the best Jan

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