The War with the United States

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Canada, United States, 19th Century
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Author: William Wood ISBN: 1230000336338
Publisher: True North Publication: April 2, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: William Wood
ISBN: 1230000336338
Publisher: True North
Publication: April 2, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

A good many Americans were ready to seize any chance of venting their anti-British feeling; and most Americans thought they would only be fulfilling their proper 'destiny' by wresting the whole of Canada from the British crown. These two national desires worked both ways for war--supporting the government case against the British Orders-in-Council and Right of Search on the one hand, while welcoming an alliance with Napoleon on the other.

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A good many Americans were ready to seize any chance of venting their anti-British feeling; and most Americans thought they would only be fulfilling their proper 'destiny' by wresting the whole of Canada from the British crown. These two national desires worked both ways for war--supporting the government case against the British Orders-in-Council and Right of Search on the one hand, while welcoming an alliance with Napoleon on the other.

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