So I was thinking about the US war of independence, and the thought struck me that how come Canada stayed loyal to the Empire, whereas the other colonies in the Americas rebelled? And then how come no rebellions occured in, say, the Caribbean colonies?
Anyone got answers? I’m too lazy to google search it myself.
Scientist, Canadians don't even rebel at home. They are bunch of nicely behaved and well lmannered little wussies. Have you ever seen Canada produce any worthwhile notable being? Even most Canadians wouldn’t know the name of their Prime Minister or is it President? How can you expect them to know what empire they are part of?
Well they are part of the United States of America, like Minnesota and Guam.
scientist lemme make it easier... i am sure your shnoody imperial college Arse wouldnt be familiar with the little thing called * SAT * but try following this:
Cow*:tapeworm *::** America*:canada
retarded_chipmunk:retarded_chipmunk_on_LSD *::** american*:*canadian
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Scientist, Canadians don't even rebel at home. They are bunch of nicely behaved and well lmannered little wussies. Have you ever seen Canada produce any worthwhile notable being? Even most Canadians wouldn’t know the name of their Prime Minister or is it President? How can you expect them to know what empire they are part of?
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eh?
don't you know, it's because they are a nation w/"morals"...
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Scientist, Canadians don't even rebel at home. They are bunch of nicely behaved and well lmannered little wussies. Have you ever seen Canada produce any worthwhile notable being? Even most Canadians wouldn’t know the name of their Prime Minister or is it President? How can you expect them to know what empire they are part of?
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It's more like most Americans wouldn't know the name of our prime minister. Come to think of it, most americans probably couldn't find Canada on the map.
yeah we can..Fret. canada is the state next to Alaska. 
Britain was doing everything for Canada, army was British, trade was british.
The last war between USA and Canada was held in 1812 - which Canada won!
Canada wasn;t even a country in 1812. It was the British we were fighting with a bucnh of rag tag militia. And we kicked their ass once again. One mistake is that we should have asked to ake over Quebec and make them heathens speak english.
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. One mistake is that we should have asked to ake over Quebec and make them heathens speak english.
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as much as I agree with you, I think we should start closer to home and make the southerners speak english first :) if nothign else, it will be good practice
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Canada wasn;t even a country in 1812. It was the British we were fighting with a bucnh of rag tag militia. And we kicked their ass once again. One mistake is that we should have asked to ake over Quebec and make them heathens speak english.
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Kicked their ass in 1812? Hrmm, I think I still smell the White House burning.
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as much as I agree with you, I think we should start closer to home and make the southerners speak english first :) if nothign else, it will be good practice
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No, they wouldn't do that. They'd simply try to create a new language out of it, and attempt to make it recognizable like ebonics.
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Britain was doing everything for Canada, army was British, trade was british.
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So why was Canada treated differently from the American Colonies, despite their geographical proximity and similar colonisation timeframes?
Plenty of fighting going on in this thread and little answers to the question (other than RT Wolf)
And what's with Canadian and American's trading verbal jabs all the time?
Maybe the Canadians were ok with all those taxes on their sugar, coffee, wine and printed materials.. I mean when you can't read you skip the morning two-sugars-coffee-in-the-igloo as well..
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Maybe the Canadians were ok with all those taxes on their sugar, coffee, wine and printed materials.. I mean when you can't read you skip the morning two-sugars-coffee-in-the-igloo as well..
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PA, we ended up paying taxes anyways :(
Fradz, but our taxes don't go the Queen. Now they go to Israel. Big difference.
they still leave my bank account and paycheck. :(
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So why was Canada treated differently from the American Colonies, despite their geographical proximity and similar colonisation timeframes?
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Trade with Canada was more valuable at the time, I believe. Britain was getting a lot of fish and a lot of fur from the northern country, while they were getting mostly tea and tobacco from America. That, and Canada was always being a nice colony, while the yanks were always brewing trouble. :p