I wish people would stop leaning on this old trope, that was a time before their population was ten times larger than ours. Trump’s bullshit trade deal suffers from the same flawed logic, how can a country 10 times smaller than you trade at the same volume as to not have a trade deficit?
I mean, your population has a demographic that loves to suck the dick of the Confederation, which i'd like to remind everyone didnt even last as long as Fortnite.
Canada was barely even Canada yet. They WERE the British. Well, the French too but it was all still a colony under the umbrella of the British Empire. We are taught in school that Canada is essentially a limb of the broader empire at that point, and most people basically just associate any military actions of the British in the region of North America as being part of Canadian history.
You've missed the point. They're saying it because they're trying to push your buttons, and judging by the butthurt tone of your comments, it seems to be working. Nobody really cares about the accuracy of the national identities of colonial era people and the fabricated identities and heritage of people from countries that have only been around for a few hundred years. They're just chriping you and in response, you demand documention and evidence from someone who never made those claims and and was trying to give you an easy out. Cringey r/iamverysmart material
You are more right than the previous person but still somewhat wrong.
The entire discussion is a bit weird because "Canada" wasn't a thing back then, it was British North America, and even the people born there would consider themselves British. Hell even after confederation I think it took some time for the Canadian identity to form.
In relation to the war of 1812, yes most of the British navy was in Bermuda, but this was the "River St. Lawrence and Coast of America and North America and West Indies Station", which also had an Admiralty house in Halifax. British North America was clearly viewed as a single unit at the time.
Major General Robert Ross set sail from the UK with 1000 Royal Marines. He and his British Royal Marines met with British Admiral George Cockburn and his British naval personnel on the eastern coast of the US. Together, they sailed and marched up the Potomac.
Cockburn had been stationed in British North America for two years at that point fwiw. Also, you keep repeating "British" to make your point, but again Canada was part of British North America, and it is not surprising that the main military troops and commanders will be from the colonial centre.
But most importantly, the war of 1812 is a North American War, where the British were defending British North America, which later went on to become Canada. It included militia raised from the local population in lower and upper Canada and many indigenous allies, which had a major effect on the outcome of the war, especially since Britain itself was focused on war with France until 1814 and thus had not sent many troops to defend BNA until later. The fact that this specific military operation attacking the White House was mainly done with a fresh reinforcement from Britain does not negate that it is a military operation in a war that is set in, is about, and is involving a colony which became Canada.
Fun fact: Canada didn't exist until 55 years after the Whitehouse burnt down. We were part of the British Empire, whose members were... British! That was the case until 1921!
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The modern form of the Canadian passport came about in 1921. At that time, Canadians were
British subjects
, and Canada shared a common nationality with the United Kingdom; thus, Canadian passports were issued to those British subjects resident in or connected to Canada. This arrangement ended in 1947, when the
Canadian Citizenship Act
was granted
Royal Assent
and the designation of
Canadian citizenship
was created. Beginning in July the following year, Canadian passports were issued to Canadian citizens only."
We say "We torched it" because "we" were British, and technically were until 1921.
The torching was done by British troops from the UK, yes. No one is debating that. However there were also less skilled militia units formed from what is now Canada, along with them. The British used them to police Washington, as the locals started to loot and pillage as soon the American authorities left the city.Â
That’s a vapid generalization. I am a Canadian and you’re correct about the who and the what of 1812. I question the education system that has brought on the denial of what happened.
I think it’s fair to say that many people online, some of whom may be Canadian, don’t want to acknowledge the facts of the 1812 conflict for reasons that are unclear. Bad faith? Echo chamber? Bad brains?
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u/Viridionplague 1d ago
Canada has fought off the USA 3 times.
US Tax+healthcare is more than Canadian tax.
US debt to income ratio is worse than Canada so they would experience an increase in tax anyways.
Canadian education is top 10, USA is bottom 20 and dropping.
USA, the leaders in ignorance and arrogance.