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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (78484)	2/28/2003 7:44:23 PM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Any military attack upon the US by Canada back then and you all would probably be speaking American today. Well, I will leave it to you to study history and I will let the rest of your statement stand. Hey, if you are going to be wrong, might as well do it with style. Paul

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (78484)	2/28/2003 7:47:18 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

<Did the Canadians actively participate in the War of 1812?> They sure did. They defeated the second and last American attempt to invade Canada (the first was during the Revolutionary War). Then they counterattacked, and drove U.S. forces out of the upper Mississippi and Great Lakes shoreline. Then they burned Washington. The U.S. population doubled every 25 years for several centuries, and our war-fighting capabilities probably increased at a greater rate. So, the U.S. was far stronger in the 1840s, compared to 1812. After 1865, we could have easily annexed Canada and Mexico, and this was actively considered at the end of the Civil War. It was decided, instead, to just get the British to make Canada into a self-governing Dominion, and make the French evacuate Mexico. warof1812.ca