History of cities in Canada located. The British purchased of land from the native peoples in 1787 and Governor John Graves Simcoe chose the site for the capital (which he named York) of the newly created Upper Canada. Concerned with military transportation to protect the new colony from US attack, he built roads west to what is now Windsor, east towards Montreal, and north, the present day Yonge Street. York was attacked and burned to the ground by the American Army in 1813 and the Canadians, in retaliation, attacked and burned the White House in Washington to the ground in 1814. Another US attack that
Eidsvoll 1814 1814 had significant shared interests in the 2014 Norwegian Constitution Bicentennial. Following the merger, Eidsvoll 1814 is a now division of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, but Eidsvoll 1814 is still presented with a separate profile. Eidsvoll 1814 was established as a foundation for managing the Eidsvoll Manor House for the Norwegian state. The foundation then replaced the former Eidsvoll Memorial (), which was created in 1837 when the Eidsvoll Manor House was purchased for preservation as a national monument. The manor had been purchased by private individuals with collected funds, and it was given as a gift to