Caroline Affair

Caroline Affair
(1837-1842) incident in which U.S. citizens shipped supplies to Canadian rebels and Canadian loyalists destroyed the American vessel "Caroline" (resulted in tension between the USA and Britain)

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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