Actually there was a Canada back then. In fact there were two Canadas, Upper Canada (what became Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec). Britain won British North America in the aftermath of the Seven Years War. It was comprised of the colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the two Canadas. Canada was one before the Brits took over but the few English speakers in western Canada didn't want the large francophone majority overwhelm them in the colonial legislature so essentially Canada was partitioned to give anglophones a majority in their legislature.
In terms of the war of 1812, until the Napoleanic Wars subsided in Europe England could only send a couple of thousand troops to fight the war of 1812. Many of the early victories were won with forces comprised in large part of local farmer volunteer militia. Canada was not yet an independent dominion but it did figure large in the war. I agree with the rest of your analysis. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> Sent: June 18, 2012 <snip> Canada doesn't really figure into it. There was no Canada, just a bunch of individual British North American territories that would someday become Canada. At the time the war was fought, Canada was still 55 years into the future. <snip> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
