USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On April 27th 1813 in York, Ontario, now present-day Toronto, 2, 700 Americans stormed Fort York, defeating the 750 British and Ojibwa Indians defending what was at the time the capitol of Upper Canada.

Detailed explanation-2: -A ship, the Sir Isaac Brock, then under construction, was burned; the naval stores were destroyed; and the grand magazine at the fort was set on fire. This last act of defiance, later seen by the Americans as a deliberate, cruel trick, was devastating.

Detailed explanation-3: -American troops rampaged through York during the War of 1812, which was provocation that led to British troops famously burning the White House. Early in the afternoon of April 27, 1813, the earth moved for the residents of the town of York, destined to become the city of Toronto.

Detailed explanation-4: -In October 1813, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry and 460 troops, mostly French-Canadian voltigeurs (light infantry), turned back 4000 American invaders along the Châteauguay River, south of Montréal. British regulars defeated a second American column at Crysler’s Farm, in eastern Ontario.

Detailed explanation-5: -The War of 1812 (which lasted from 1812 to 1814) was a military conflict between the United States and Great Britain. As a colony of Great Britain, Canada was swept up in the War of 1812 and was invaded several times by the Americans.