History Articles

Belgium, Nov 10th [1915]

Dear Carl,

I often think of you all especially when the full moon floats over head and wish I might drop in and see you all—

Upper Canada felt the sting in the opening days of the War of 1812. But for many residents of Lower Canada life continued as usual.

In the 1860s, many Irishmen living in the United States wanted Britain to grant independence to Ireland. Ireland was under English rule and most of its people lived in severe poverty.

THE REBELLIONS OF 1837-1838

(**Continued from The Rebellions Part 1: The Political Context)

The border separating Quebec’s Eastern Townships from the United States was determined by the terms of the Quebec Act in 1774.

Smuggling has been a problem in the Eastern Townships for a long time. At first, there were no customs offices at all. People could buy whatever they pleased in the U.S.