The War Of 1812 Canada Part 1/9

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[TheLiberalKnight]

@Eddythebeast666 Canada actually recognised Her Majesty Elizabeth II as the head of state before Britain did. If Britain abolished the monarchy, I would either go to live in Canada or fight to have them restored. But that won't happen, they enjoy huge support. I do like to visit Canada. It's as exciting as visiting America, but you don't get all the fat slobs eating oversized macdonalds. Instead, everyone is polite and civilized.

[Eddythebeast666]

@TheLiberalKnight I see it more as same culture. At least so long as we have the same Queen. If the UK abolished the monarchy (God forbid) Canada would then be more British then the motherland. XD

I stress culture because if we look at the US they share the same blood but with out the monarchy they aren't British. No matter how pure they kept the bloodline they are not kin.

Many have been adopted in to the British family who are loyal to the common cause but are not of the same blood.

[TheLiberalKnight]

@Eddythebeast666 Exactly, we are the same race. Canada and Britain are different countries, but the British government deliberately encouraged immigration from Britain to Canada in order to give the Anglo Saxons more living space. So whilst Canada and Britain are different countries, we are both of the same race, and we are as close allies as possible. We are not only friends, we're siblings.

[Eddythebeast666]

@TheLiberalKnight So long as Canada has a British Queen I'm not sure what the difference is.

French Canadians might quibble but the English speaking ones are mostly British. There are more Scotsmen in Canada then Scotland. Thanks to Cockburn's liberation of Black slaves, accepting them in to the Royal Marines & at wars end so many migrated to Canada so even Black Canadians have as much right to boast as anyone else.

[TheLiberalKnight]

Canadians cannot claim to have defeated America in this war, they cannot claim to have burned down the white house unless they admit that Canada and Britain are the same race, the Anglo Saxons, and that our relations go beyond friendship, that Britain and Canada will always be the same peoples in different corners of the world. And we defeated America very harshly in this war.

[Ninja1275]

@Eddythebeast666 Haha no worries mate.

[Eddythebeast666]

@Ninja1275 Hey dude. Sorry, I thought Canadians knew better about this subject. Too much American TV I guess. LOL

[Eddythebeast666]

@blacbraun Prevost wasn't exactly defeated, his orders were to defend Canada with the loss on the lakes pushing further in to the USA would have been a potential disaster.

Look at what happened to Brock. He won but left the British over extended when supply routs were compromised the retreating forces were destroyed.

The US had ten times the population & better infrastructure then Canada for running the war. It was pure incompetence they lost the lakes to begin with. They got smarter.

[Eddythebeast666]

@blacbraun Not being conquered is a huge victory. Just examine the fate of Tecumseh & his people. Look at the chaos in the USA, the wild west & 100 years of warfare on Natives & a civil war.

As a Native as bad as things were in Canada I'm horrified at what happened in the USA. That a fellow Canadian would so causally flip off the difference between the USA & Canada is stunning.

If you want to be a republican I'm sure the USA would welcome you but stop trashing what we've accomplished here.

[Eddythebeast666]

@blacbraun Wow lots of posts.

Britain never wanted the war with the USA in the first place. The British focus never left Europe & Napoleon. The USA had proven to be a more valuable as a independent trading partner then it had been as a colony.

With that in mind conquest of the USA would have been counter productive & never an objective. Defending loyal subjects was a different matter even so in 1867 Britain dumped Canada as a colony.

Thus just defending Canada was a British victory.