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I am leading an invasion force toward Montreal. Our mission.. free the
French women of Montreal.. Take them back to NH and have our way with them.. A moral and just cause .. Be-cause .. the French women of Montreal are the most beautiful women on the planet. Viva la la alalalalallaal Quebec.. ================================================== ==================================== wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 27, 5:19 am, "David Martel" wrote: I suspect that Tom is hoping for just that answer since Canada was not a nation at that time. The US has had lots of border forays with it's neighbor to the north both before and after it became a nation. ... I apologize profusely to all for the off topic post. I will try to restrain myself in the future. I was in no way attempting to play a game of "gotcha". I think the historic record is clear and that the relations between the United States and Canada since it became a free dominion have been remarkably peaceful. There have been no disputes between the national governments of the countries that any reasonable person could claim were military invasions. Prior to Canadian nationhood and going back into the colonial period the wars that took place across the border were reflections of disputes between the great European powers. While this is self-evident for wars like the French and Indian War (Seven Years War on the Continent) it is also arguable for the American Revolution which would have been unwinnable without French support and the War of 1812. The root cause of the War of 1812 was British interference with US trade at sea and particularly the impressment of sailors (whew! finally something to do with boats!) as a result of the British war with France. The War ended in America when the European hostilities ceased because the trade issues were mooted. The War was fought everywhere that US and British interests met. On land, that included the Eastern seaboard and the Canadian border. Pretty much everywhere that British regulars met US forces on land the British won. They also raided the US coast at will and even burned Washington. Of course, the US forces were also badly beaten along the Canadian border. An interesting aspect of the war as it evolved on the Canadian border is that many US pundits (particularly students of Jefferson) assumed that many Canadian colonists along the border area wanted to join the United States. However, the colonists were overwhelming in their support for the British. I think this profound expression of a distinct Canadian identity that became evident during the war, often overlooked south of the border, is key to the Canadian understanding of the war. However, the assertion that the War of 1812 was primarily an invasion of Canada and part of series of US invasions that show an evil pattern of US covetousness for Canada is not supported by history. -- Tom. |
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