🔴 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 **How the US has tried to annex Canada before – and why some Canadians wanted to become American **

Kristofer Allerfeldt

_“The 1812 invasion of Canada was a far more serious affair. Hoping to capture Canada in order to use it as a bargaining chip in their maritime disputes with Britain, US forces launched a three-pronged attack._

_It met with stiff resistance from the British and their Canadian and Native American allies. The invading US forces were comprehensively defeated.”_

🔗 https://theconversation.com/how-the-us-has-tried-to-annex-canada-before-and-why-some-canadians-wanted-to-become-american-251200

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