Do they teach that the US invaded after the impressments? Ours don't claim that Canada is a colony, in-fact they really don't mention the affiliation between the two that much as far as the present tense goes. As far as back then, it was mostly referred to as British North America.
IIRC, the US did gain a minimal amount of land around Maine. And the British finally accepted that the US was in fact a sovereign nation, which was a big part of what the US was looking for. The British felt the impressment of American Citizens was more along the lines of a draft; they saw them as British Subjects. The British were the ones that offered a peace treaty; and offered to recognize the US, and to stop encroaching on American Territories in the north, and to stop funding Indian Raiding parties. This is what was taught in our books. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:33 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Tim, what's your thoughts on this? > > Um. The way they teach it up there, the US tried to invade and did not > succeed. Ergo it lost a war of aggression. Canada was not looking to be > liberated from the British, particularly by the Americans, and made the > point that it was not interested. Ergo it won a defensive war. > > Before Tim accuses me of disloyalty again, I'll add that I merely repeat > what they teach in French-language schools up there. I don't endorse this > version -- I am merely explaining it. I don't have a horse in this race > and personally don't give a hoot whether Nixon was or was not the first US > president to lose a war, excuse me, police action.... > > Now, though, that's Canadian textbooks. If yours said Canada is a British > colony, present tense, then they were wrong. It was a colony at the time > of the 1812 war. Now it is a member of the Commonwealth, which is not the > same thing. > > Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210474 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
