who is joseph brant in the canadian history?
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Perhaps no Freemason who ever lived in America has been so condemned by some authors and praised by others as Joseph Brant, the powerful and influential Mohawk chief who sided with the British during the American Revolutionary War. On several occasions, he put into practice the Masonic virtues of brotherly love, forgiveness, and charity. On others, he exhibited cold-blooded ruthlessness, savagery and disregard for human life.\n\nWhile still in his early youth, Brant became a favorite of Sir William Johnson, the British superintendent of the northern Indians of America, who was extremely popular with the tribes under his supervision. During his time with the Iroquois, Johnson became particularly close to the Mohawk tribes. He was also a Mason and a former Provincial Grand Master of the New York colony.\n\nBrant and a number of young Mohawks were selected by Johnson to attend Moor’s Charity School for Indians at Lebanon, Connecticut--the school which in future years was to become Dartmouth College. Here he learned to speak and write English and studied Western history and literature. He is the only one of those chosen known to have derived any benefit from the educational process. He left school to serve under Sir William from 1755-1759 during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). After this, he became Sir William's close companion and helped him run the Indian Department, administered by the British out of Quebec. He also became an interpreter for an Anglican missionary and helped translate the prayer book and Gospel of Mark into the Mohawk language.
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Events\nJanuary 21 - The Bluenose sinks off Haiti \nMay 14 - The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is passed. It creates a Canadian citizenship separate from the British. \nMay 31 - All Japanese-Canadians ordered deported to Japan \nApril 12 - Sir Harold Alexander appointed the new Governor General of Canada, replacing the Earl of Athlone \nJune 27 - Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is enacted, recognized the definition of a Canadian citizen which included a reference to being a British subject \nJuly 15 - A royal commission investigates a Soviet spy group in Canada. Secret information was found to be leaked and among the Canadians involved was the one parliamentary delegate of the Labour-Progressive (Communist) Party \nAugust 3 - An Anglophone Canadian wheat agreement provided for British purchases of large amounts of Canadian wheat at prices considerably below the world market \nOctober 14 - Canada Savings Bonds introduced for the first time \nDecember 12 - The Canadian Army, Navy and Airforce are reintegrated into a single organization
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A couple points of claification. \nIt was a "British and Canadian" assault. Canada became a self governing Dominion in 1867, however the people that lived here were called Canadians. e.g. The (UELs),  United Empire Loyalists, when they came north following the US rebellion, came here and became Canadians, Not British. The burning was in retaliation for the burning of York,(now Toronto). \nThe main fact was when Washington was burnt, it was only the Government buildings, including the presidents mansion. It was not burnt to the ground, but was badly charred. The only paint available to cover the charred outside was WHITE, since then it has always been white. \nBill Clinton, when giving private tours, would take people to the attic and show them the charred timbers, that are still there. And you do not have to thank us for your having a Whitehouse. It was a pleasure. How Come "England & U.S.A." are upper case & Canadian's is lower case? Interesting.
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Was that Vic Cavendish, the Governor General of Canada from early in the 20th Century?  I would search for it in Wikipedia or within a Google search.  Bound to be plenty of official photos.
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Stephen Harper\n\nYou can find out more about him on:\n\nhttp://pm.gc.ca/
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i never thought that he was a great canadian
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Abner Doubleday is granted with the invention of baseball. He actually copied a game that was being played in Canada by the Indians there. He tweeked it a bit and called it baseball. I would say Canada was where baseball truly originated it.
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He left his hometown of Brantford at age 14 to play in the Ontario Hockey League.\nPlayed in the World Junior Championships when he was 16.\nSigned with the Indianapolis Racers when he was 17.\nHe certainly didn't play in HS, but I think he was either home-schooled or went to a boarding school when he left home
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Kaieñãkwaahtoñ (early 18th century – 1786) was a warrior and chief of the eastern Seneca tribe. He allied himself with the British in various conflicts and was active in peace negotiations with them after Pontiac's Rebellion of 1763.\n\nHe died in Smoke Creek, Lackawanna, New York.
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Here is a teaser, read the bottom for the rest\n\nSamuel de Champlain (1567?-1635) was a French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec. Champlain also discovered the lake named for him (Lake Champlain, on the border of northern New York state and Vermont, named in 1609) and was important in establishing and administering the French colonies in the New World.\n\nIn 1603, Champlain sailed to France on Francois Grave Du Pont's expedition. They sailed up the St. Lawrence River and the Saguenay River; they also explored the Gaspe Peninsula. He returned to France in 1603, and decided to search for a Northwest Passage and to settle the Gaspe Peninsula. \n\nYou can find the rest of the details here\n\nhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/champlain.shtml
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He was known as Johnny Polo, and he managed The Quebecers and Adam Bomb. 10pts please!
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I believe Pierre Elliot Trudeau was one of our best. He was at the helm during a difficult time, and proved he could act promptly and effectively. He nipped terrorism in the bud -- and until those idiots who were trying to blow up Parliament with bags of fertilizer came along, there have been no other acts of Canadian terrorism.
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d) Sacoche\n\nFrom a Canadian opinion
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Stephen Harper\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
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Christopher Columbus (October 30, 1451? – 20 May 1506) was an explorer and trader, who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October 12, 1492 under the flag of Castile. History places a great significance on his landing in America in 1492, with the entire period of the history of the Americas before this date usually known as Pre-Columbian, and the anniversary of this event, Columbus Day, is celebrated in many parts of America. Although there is evidence of Pre-Columbian trans-Atlantic Ocean European contact, Columbus is commonly credited as "the" European discoverer of the Americas because of the profound impact his contact wrought on history. His voyage marked the beginning of the European exploration and colonization of the Americas.\n\nIt is generally assumed he was Genoese, although some historians claim he could have been born in other places, from the Crown of Aragón to the Kingdoms of Galicia or Portugal, or in the Greek island of Chios, among others. The real name of the explorer is also unknown; see the section on Columbus' national origin for a discussion of his origin and names.
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Well it is nice to see Americans saying nice things about us.\n\nTo be honest, the last war between Canada and the US was fought in 1812.  Most Americans do not remember this war, but for us it is very important.\n\nYou need to remember that this was only 40 years after the Americans revolted against England.  Loyalists were persecuted and fled the US for their lives and had to resettle in a colder harsher climate.  Canada was still an English colony, and a large number of Americans were immigrating to get free land in the west.\n\nAt the time, Napolean was have a great time in Europe conquering countries and England was fighting for its life.  They were halting shipping and trade with France to try and put them at a disadvantage and losing sailors to desertion and death.  Americans still had a British accent and some Americans were pressed into British Naval service because they were "perceived" as deserters...\n\nRemember too that the US was not the superpower as it is now.  It was a backwater little country of no importance to countries like Germany, France and England.\n\nBecause the US had no navy or troops to speak of back then, rather than taking the fight to England which would be suicide, they felt that Canada would be an easy target.  They're cut off from England, 1/10 the population, most of them were Americans anyway.  So in democratic fashion, they elected officers, each state voted whether to participate or not, and off to war they went.\n\nThey were surprised.  First we had Sir General Isaac Brock who prepped the south western part of Ontario for an attack and the Americans found Canadians waiting.  Second we had Tecumseh and his army.  They were pushed out the US and found a home here in Canada.  They helped big time with support and scouting and raiding American territory.\n\nThirdly, we just didn't want to become Americans.  Colonist volunteers swelled the ranks of the British regulars as well as providing food and support.\n\nThe Americans were stunned as they did not expect to meet this kind of resistance.  British and Canadians occupied Detroit for the duration of the war, plus occupied some islands and settlements in New York and Vermont.\n\nThe Americans burned York (now Toronto) to the ground, British and Canadians set fire to Washington.\n\nCanadians and Americans were bitter enemies for almost 70 years after the war.\n\nTo answer your last question, Canada was never occupied by any foreign power.  We simply gave back what we took.\n\nWe've managed up until WWI to say out of Americna power abuse because we were members of the British Commonwealth.  After WWII we work together with the Americans in joint defence.  They recognize that we are an independant sovereign country and respect this.
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Lake Huron was indeed given that name by the French because the Huron people lived on its shores (Georgian Bay, technically).  However, the Huron people were given THAT name by the French as well.  They actually called themselves "Wendat," which means, basically, "people of the peninsula."\n\nWhere did the French get the term "Huron" then?  The best theory about this is that when the French first encountered the Wendat people, they called them by a French idiomatic term: "les hures," which literally means "wild boars," and metaphorically means "barbarians," or even "hicks."  This was an insult, and this is why the Wendat people prefer their own name for themselves.   \n\nSo, technically, Lake Huron is named for "wild boars!"