{"id":457,"date":"2012-10-31T20:42:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T20:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/?page_id=457"},"modified":"2012-12-05T20:54:29","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T20:54:29","slug":"the-canadian-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/explore-history\/the-canadian-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The Canadian War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-banner\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/files\/2012\/10\/3C-GR01-canadian-landing.jpg\" alt=\"The Battle of Queenston Heights, 13 October 1812 \" title=\"The Battle of Queenston Heights, 13 October 1812 \" width=\"625\" height=\"336\" class=\"size-full page-image wp-image-638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/files\/2012\/10\/3C-GR01-canadian-landing.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/files\/2012\/10\/3C-GR01-canadian-landing-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"hover-content\">\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<strong><em>The Battle of Queenston Heights, 13 October 1812<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<cite>Painting by John David Kelly, around 1896<br \/>Library and Archives Canada, 1954-153-1<\/cite>\n\t<\/div>\n<p> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-title landing-title\">\n\t<strong><em>The Battle of Queenston Heights, 13 October 1812<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<cite>Painting by John David Kelly, around 1896<br \/>Library and Archives Canada, 1954-153-1<\/cite>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Canadians endured repeated invasions and occasional occupations, but each invasion ultimately ended with an American withdrawal. The Royal Navy and British Army supported by Canadian regulars, Canadian militia, and First Peoples warriors, successfully defended Canada. Isaac Brock, Charles de Salaberry, Laura Secord, and Tecumseh became, and remain, iconic Canadian figures. The successful defence of Canada allowed British North America to evolve into an independent transcontinental country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Battle of Queenston Heights, 13 October 1812 Painting by John David Kelly, around 1896Library and Archives Canada, 1954-153-1 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Battle of Queenston Heights, 13 October 1812 Painting by John David Kelly, around 1896Library and Archives Canada, 1954-153-1 Canadians endured repeated invasions and occasional occupations, but each invasion ultimately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":119,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502,"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/457\/revisions\/2502"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/war-of-1812\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}