Early in the war of 1812, the governor of the michigan territory led an attack on canada that resulted in a us victory on land. the capture of montreal. the surrender of detroit. a us victory in the battle of lake erie.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.