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When the U.S. invaded Canada
What sparked the war? American anger at the British, the former colonial overlords who at the time ruled Canada. The already strained relationship between Britain and the fledgling U.S. hit a boiling point in the early 19th century. Britain, embroiled in the Napoleonic Wars with France, put a blockade on American trade ships bound for mainland Europe. And it seized thousands of American seamen and conscripted them into its undermanned Royal Navy…
Between patriotic exaltation and border security: every time the U.S. has thought of annexing Canada
The annexation of Canada by the U.S. is not an aspiration that Donald Trump has invented. The idea of incorporating the neighboring country (or important parts of its territory) has been a temptation that has accompanied U.S. foreign policy practically since its founding.Continue reading...
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