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<blockquote data-quote="Crusty Older DM" data-source="post: 370819" data-attributes="member: 7168">Fun History on U.S.-Canada RelationsA little known fact of North American History:During the U.S. Civil War, Secretary of War Stanton recommended to President Lincoln that the U.S. invade Canada.&nbsp; The reason was that some Confederate sympathizers had been using Canadian bases to launch raids into northern New York State.&nbsp; I believe that the consensus among historians is that Stanton wanted to use the raids as an excuse for a land-grab in the style of the Mexican-American War over the secession of Texas (1846-48).Needless to say, Lincoln didn't bite.&nbsp; He had enough to worry about.&nbsp; Now what I have always wondered is the following:&nbsp; If Stanton had gotten his way, would the U.S. have given Quebec its independence?&nbsp; Was there a movement for Quebec independence in the 1860's?&nbsp; Maybe Stanton would have cut a deal with the Quebecois for their support on his bid for Canada.&nbsp; Fun imponderables for alternate history settings.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crusty Older DM, post: 370819, member: 7168"] [b]Fun History on U.S.-Canada Relations[/b] A little known fact of North American History: During the U.S. Civil War, Secretary of War Stanton recommended to President Lincoln that the U.S. invade Canada. The reason was that some Confederate sympathizers had been using Canadian bases to launch raids into northern New York State. I believe that the consensus among historians is that Stanton wanted to use the raids as an excuse for a land-grab in the style of the Mexican-American War over the secession of Texas (1846-48). Needless to say, Lincoln didn't bite. He had enough to worry about. Now what I have always wondered is the following: If Stanton had gotten his way, would the U.S. have given Quebec its independence? Was there a movement for Quebec independence in the 1860's? Maybe Stanton would have cut a deal with the Quebecois for their support on his bid for Canada. Fun imponderables for alternate history settings. :D [/QUOTE]

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