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Laura Secord - The Paul Revere of Canada

Laura Secord - The Paul Revere of Canada
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 6 to 7
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.74

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    determined, remainder, upcoming, militia, successful, born, chief, economy, regain, lure, colonel, weak, attack, mission, action, during
     content words:    Laura Ingersoll Secord, United States, Upper Canada, James Secord, Queenston Heights, Colonel Boerstler, Lieutenant Fitzgibbon, Beaver Dams, Niagara Peninsula, Black Swamp

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Laura Secord - The Paul Revere of Canada
By Mary Lynn Bushong 		  
1     Laura Ingersoll Secord was born in Massachusetts in 1775, but in her heart, she was all Canadian. The Ingersolls stayed in Massachusetts until 1795. A weak economy in the United States and the lure of cheap land in Upper Canada encouraged Laura's father to move.
 
2     Two years after moving north, Laura married James Secord. Between raising five children and running a successful shop, their lives were full.
 
3     Then in 1812, the Americans declared war on the British and attacked Upper Canada. In the fall of that year during the Battle of Queenston Heights, James was injured. With a shattered leg, he was still recuperating during the next spring when the Americans occupied that area of Niagara.
 
4     Most of the men were sent to the States as prisoners of war, but James was not. Instead, the Secords kept three American officers in their home.

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