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Description edit
During the Patriot War, fought between 1837 and 1842, hundreds of men on both sides of the New York Canadian border took up arms to free Canada from supposed British tyranny. Infused with the Spirit of '76 and inspired by the recent Texas revolution, they fought bravely in battles, skirmishes... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bill Johnston: River pirate, smuggler, rebel and popular New York State hero.
- Daniel Dunbar Heustis: Heustis, a mild-mannered American shopkeeper, became so angry at British actions in the Canadian rebellions of 1837, that he bid his family goodbye and joined the rebels. He proved to be their most competent and honorable officers.
- William Lyon Mackenzie: Add a description of this character.
Quotes edit
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““I would rather die than be branded a coward. Whatever might be the issue, we ought to meet it as men fighting in a good cause.””
Captain Daniel Dunbar Heustis
Setting & Locations edit
- Upper Canada
- Ogdensburg
- Toronto
- Watertown
- Kingston
- America
- Fort Henry
- Thousand Islands
- Tasmania
- Buffalo
- Lake Ontario
- Lower Canada
- Sackets Harbor
- Hickory Island
- Jefferson County
- Oswego
- St. Lawrence River
- Montreal
- Salina
- Albany
- Gananoque
- Auburn
- Syracuse
- Vermont
- Rochester
- Lockport
- Navy Island
- Fort Wellington
- New York State
Organizations edit
- Hunters Lodge: This secret society formed in 1838 for the sole purpose of kicking the British out of North America.
First Sentence edit
The undeclared war between the United States and the Canadian colonies, mainly between December 1837 and December 1838—the so-called Patriot War—was a historical oddity. Not a war between nations, it was a war of ideals fought by like-minded people against the greatest military power of the time.
Table of Contents edit
1. Setting the Scene
2. The Rebellion Begins: October–December 1837
3. Americans Join the Fight: December 1837
4. New Leaders Recruited: January 1838
5. Hickory Island Occupied: February 1838
6. New Rebel Alliance Forms: March 1838
7. First Patriots Executed: April 1838
8. Secret Society Forms to Plan Invasions: May 1838
9. Rogue Patriots Attack at Short Hills: June 1838
10. Rebels Win Off the Battlefield: July–August 1838
11. Hunters Lodge Plans Takeover of Canada: September 1838
12. New York Hunters Prepare for the War’s Biggest Raid: October 1838
13. Stage Set for Bloodiest Month of the Patriot War: November 1838
14. Ideals and Armies Clash at the Windmill: November 1838
15. Trials and Hangings Follow Capture of Hunters: November–December 1838
16. Trials End, Hangings Continue: January–February 1839
17. Windmill Prisoners Repatriated: March to June 1839
18. Windmill Prisoners Mark Time as Lett Fights On: July–December 1839
19. Two Men Keep the Patriot War Alive: 1840–1841
Conclusion
Appendix: What Happened To…
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