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Originally Posted by Sin War was declared with the British, not Canada.
Yes Canada allied itself, because we were full of loyalists that had left your country, however if you look, there was also a lot of reluctance on their part to turn guns on what they still felt were their fellow countrymen.
Yes you invaded, but it wasn't in answer to any invasion on Canada's part, it was the british -navy- who shocked everybody by leaving their ships and marching inland to burn down the whitehouse. Not Canadians. |
War was declared on the British and Canada was a British ally and was harboring and actively helping England against the United States as such the United States attempted to invade Canada in order to stem the tide of british invaders. With the help of the Native Americans the Canadians were able to bravely defeat the first 3 attempts at invasion. Nor was the burning down of Washington very shocking as the british had already had several successful invasive victories.
It took quite awhile to get people from point A to point B back in the day and as such there were not enough American Troops in Washington to defeat the british invasionary forces.