FTP, name this incident in which a group of Canadian troops crossed the Niagara river and burned an American steamboat, which almost set off a war with Great Britain.
Two weeks after it took place, a group of rebels was forced to give up Navy Island. Five months after it took place, the steamship Sir Robert Peel was burned. It resulted in the death of Amos Durfee, for whose murder Alexander McLeod was arrested in late 1840. It was carried out by militia who were trying to prevent supplies from being brought to followers of William Mackenzie, who had led a rebellion in 1837. FTP, name this incident in which a group of Canadian troops crossed the Niagara river and burned an American steamboat, which almost set off a war with Great Britain.
Two weeks after it took place, a group of rebels was forced to give up Navy Island.
the {Caroline} affair (accept equivalents, so long as they mention the Caroline)