Re: CHAT: "have a Canadian day"

Robert Hailman wrote:
> I should have said that was the main reason for the invasion of Canada,
> the war of course had other reasons. One can't doubt that at the time
> the Americans had an eye to rule Canada.
Don't forget that during the Revolution, Benjamin Franklin was sent to
Quebec to try to convince them to join in the Revolution.  So, that
desire certainly wasn't new with the War of 1812 [which has to be the
worst name ever for a war, IMHO; why not, say, the Anglo-American War?]

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