The war was pitched in Canada as "a duty to defend England, the throne and the motherland". This did not sit well with French Canadians, who inhabited the count

The war was pitched in Canada as "a duty to defend England, the throne and the motherland". This did not sit well with French Canadians, who inhabited the country since the 1500's and were heavily discriminated against by the British[0][1]. Still that didn't stop heroes like Léo Major[3] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_the_Parliament_Buildings_in_Montreal#:~:text=The%20burning%20of%20the%20Parliament%20Buildings%20in%20Montreal,1849%2C%20in%20Montreal%20in%20the%20Province%20of%20Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_the_Parliament_Buil.... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians#:~:text=The%20Expulsion%20of%20the%20Acadians%2C%20also%20known%20as,Acadia%2C%20causing%20the%20death%20of%20thousands%20of%20people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians#:~:t.... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Major https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Major