A convulsion is a medical condition where body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body.Because a convulsion is often a symptom of an epileptic seizure, the term convulsion is sometimes used as a synonym for seizure.However, not all epileptic seizures lead to convulsions, and not all convulsions are caused by epileptic seizures.he most common type of seizure is called a generalized seizure, also known as a generalized convulsion. This is characterized by a loss of consciousness which may lead to the person collapsing. The body stiffens for about a minute and then jerks uncontrollably for the next minute.
The United States instigated the War of 1812 by declaring war on the British Empire. The first assault was led by American general William Hull, who crossed over the Detroit R â¦ iver in May of 1812 and occupied the town of Sandwich.he US knew that Britain could spare very few troops to defend Canada. One of the objectives of the US in starting the war of 1812 was to acquire Upper Canada and Lower Canada and annex them into the US. There was no interest in crossing the Atlantic to attack Britain, and there was little to be gained by doing so.
The CanadianâAmerican Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, also known as the Elgin-Marcy Treaty, was a trade treaty between Great Britain and the United States, applying to British possessions in North America including the United Province of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland Colony.n 1854, they achieved what they wanted in the Elgin-Marcy Treaty. It listed most Canadian raw materials and agricultural produceâespecially timber and wheatâas goods admitted duty-free to the U.S. market. The treaty ended the American 21% tariff on natural resource imports.