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Didn't America attack british colonies in Canada in 1812? I thought America was the aggressor in that war and Britain just retaliated.
by petjuh 7y ago
Didn't America attack british colonies in Canada in 1812? I thought America was the aggressor in that war and Britain just retaliated.
- virtue3 7y agoehhh. Debatable. There's a lot of factors that led to it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
- AnimalMuppet 7y ago> Didn't America attack british colonies in Canada in 1812? Yes. > I thought America was the aggressor in that war and Britain just retaliated. It's more complicated than that. Britain tried to prohibit America from trading with France, as part of their war against Napoleon. America thought that was against international law. Britain also had a habit of seizing sailors off of American ships and forcing them into service in the Royal Navy, which the US regarded as extremely over the line. The British were also (pre-war, IIUC) arming Native Americans on the US western frontier. Eventually, the US declared war. But I'm not sure that makes them the aggressor, at least not 100%...