Isaac Brock 2

Journal entry 2

                Last year I was not glad to have my job and I thought that it would be boring and almost pointless. But now I understand that my charge will go without boredom. The war of 1812 is starting to get exciting and it shall go on for years to come. By the end of this war I shall retire back to England or parish in battle.

We have invaded Detroit and sent Hull running. We invaded with a fraction of his army in Detroit, and he surrendered. This war so far is turning out to be in our favour. Even though the king was sceptical and scared that we would lose because he could not spare many forces we are coming out on top.

Isaac Brock 1

Journal Entry 1

                I am Isaac Brock. I have decided to start to record my actions in the war of 1812 for the future generations to understand what happened in this godforsaken war. I am in the position of the head of British forces in Canada.

                Last year I was not glad to have my job and I thought that it would be boring and almost pointless. But now I understand that my charge will go without boredom. The war of 1812 is starting and it shall go on for years to come. By the end of this war I shall retire back to England or parish in battle.

                Today I have made an alliance with the indian chief Tecumseh. Now I have another 600 troops at my disposal. We have recently scared General Hull out of Sandwich and I am slowly making a name for myself.

The King of Britain: 1812

                I woke this morning in a sweat with a bad feeling about the day ahead. I considered telling my butler that I was sick but I second guessed myself. If I were to skip the bad feeling today I would have to face it the next. I guess do today what you are going to put off tomorrow.

                I put on my house coat and go downstairs for morning tea. My butler Hanes is standing there the tea already on the table with a side of my favourite crumpets. He always knew how to get me into a good mood.

                I get ready for the day, a routine every single morning, and then I walk downstairs to the board room. Immediately I am startled by a young man looking in his twenties looking like he has only been working for a few months. He ran up and in a very high register he screamed “YOUR MAJESTY! YOUR MAJESTY!! CANADA IS BEING ATTACKED BY THE AMERICANS!!!” I take by the shoulder and quietly I said to be calm and that we will stop this uprising.

                I turn to the board. I was informed that this war was going to be more difficult than I thought. Most of our troops were occupied with fighting off Napoleon Bonaparte. Therefor we don’t have a lot of troops to spare. Canada would have to fend mostly for itself. This was a very large problem. I return to that statement “We will prevail! My forefathers have not gone their whole lives fighting for this country so that I could lose it to some British rejects! We will prevail!!” and at that the case of panic was closed and we went onto another chapter of how we were to protect both ourselves and our own colony from falling.

William Hull

A man looking to be of the military steps up onto a crate and turns to us Canadians. It is now that everyone noticed he was American. Everyone just knew. How he walked, how he stood. They know now that the United States has declared war on Canada and therefor the Crown and Britain.

William Hull stepped up looking at all the angry faces around him. They know I’m American, he thought, they know what I’m doing here. They are probably mad with rage. But I’m safe. All of my soldiers are only a few pace away from me. If I were to die they’d slaughter every last one of them. Alright here I go… “As you all know, we have started a war with you!  If you side with the first nations you will parish! If you side with your own forces you will parish! If you side with the Crown you will parish! If you oppose us in any way we will not take you prisoner, but you will fall! I am not here to kill innocent people I am here to control you land and keep the queen in her place! Yes you are angry! But you need to understand Canada under Britain’s rule is a trap! If you are under our rule, your lives will be twenty times easier! We promise!”

The crowd’s expression didn’t get any better. William thought that it actually got worse. He stepped down and walked over to his soldiers saying in a low register “lets go before they get overwhelmed.”

Canada Needs Help

Keys: Um, sir the chief of one of the Indian tribes is here. He says he was summoned?

Mr. Waterson: Ah yes let him in. And treat him nicely Mr. Keys.

Keys let the first nations chief in.

Chief: Nice place here mr.?

Waterson: Waterson. Mr. Waterson. I am going to ask you a favour for your land as well as mine. As you know the Americans are attacking us and I need you, and any other Indians in the area, to take a large amount of land around the border and protect it well. Afterward you can keep this land as a gift of thanks.

Chief: So you are coming to us for help? This is not of your usual ways.

Waterson: No it isn’t but to win this war we have to change our tactics.

Chief: Alright. I’ll do it.

Waterson: Oh thank you Mr. Cheif

Declaration of War

President James Madison: Ferrel! Come in here at once!

Ferrel: Yes mister president sir. What do you need?

PJM: I have given some thought of going to war with Britain. I declare that it would be pretty easy to get all of their land in North America, so I have decided that I want to. So go send out the troops, immediately!

Ferrel: Alright sir. But you will have to write a formal letter sir. To Britain I mean. You can’t just start to attack.

PJM: I always hated the politics behind war. Alright Ferrel, go get a nice clean sheet of paper. I want to start this war as soon as possible.

Ferrel: Yes mister president sir.

He leaves the room and comes back with a sheet of paper.

PJM: Write this Ferrel: “As I send this letter to you Britain it almost pains me to do so. The message that I send is not happy news. Well… for you. Heh heh. The United States of America are declaring war on Britain. Heh he he. At the moment that you send a response to this letter I will send out my troops to kick your keester off of the property that should already belong to the United States.” You got all that Ferrel? Well go make it longer and more pretty and let me sign it when you’re done.

Ferrel: Yes mister president sir.

James Franklin

Journal entry 42: 1776

                I am John Franklin’s great grandson, James Franklin. I have, after all these years found his great journal that my father used to tell stories about. He would say that every time the journal came out either something really good or really bad was happening or had already happened. I have very good news today. I have finally got a job at the Hudson’s Bay Company, as for four generations of my family have. I am a carrier (I carry the furs in a cart to Quebec where they are sent to Europe in large ships, from port to port. I find joy in traveling, it sooths me.

                Now the competition for the fur trade has made a surprising turn. The traders in Montreal have all joined together to form The North West Company. The merchants in Montreal, however, trade differently than the HBC. They go out from their post west to find and hunt for furs. This makes it harder for them. But they cannot do anything else. They do not have a strong relationship with the aboriginals and they would come to us with the furs before they went to them.

James Franklin

John Franklin

Journal entry 9: 1670

                Today was the founding day of The Hudson’s Bay Company. It was very generous that they gave me a job there. I have been informed that all I need to do in the shop is wait for the aboriginals to come in every day and trade for their furs so they can be sent to Europe as soon as possible. Apparently there is great competition among the fur trade industry.

 But all I need is to earn a good amount so I can feed my wife and children. We came here with barely anything, just the clothes on our backs and a couple of plates and cups. My children are grateful though. Come every time I come home at night and greet me with thank you’s and things. I love them to death!

                John Franklin

Part 2: The History of Toronto: The Toronto Purchase

It was 1787; the chief superintendent of aboriginal affairs Sir John Johnson met with the Mississauga (a First Nations tribe who owned the Toronto area at the time) and they negotiated a price for the land that is now the GTA. They came to terms with the British and the land along the north shore of Lake Ontario. But the crown saw now their mistake in their negotiating and made a new agreement and made the Mississauga sign a deed to give 22.5 by 45 kilometer area. This was finally done on August 1, 1805

Part 1: The History of Toronto: Intro

York was always a place of great appeal. When aboriginals used to live solely in north America and after their route always went through Toronto. When French settlers came to the area that Toronto stands now they made it a major Seneca village. Later the French made a fort there called fort Rouille. Then after the frenchlost Canada it came into the possession of the Mississauga tribe. So for all of time there has been an age old fight for the possession of Toronto.