When The USA Declared War On Britain | War of 1812 | War Stories
In 1812, thirty-six years after the US declaration of independence, the United States declared war on Britain and her territory of Upper Canada. With the British fighting against Napoleon in Europe this territory was poorly defended and vulnerable, with Thomas Jefferson declaring that "victory will be a mere matter of marching".
In this episode Dan Snow investigates the site of Fort York in modern day Toronto. Uncovering one of the most crucial sites of the war and where one of the worlds biggest explosions took place, we’ll see how this moment in the war changed history forever and how it gave birth to a new nation.
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