Canada Ping!
Posted on 02/07/2013 9:12:42 AM PST by Squawk 8888
Will the Canadian government celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war that really made Canada?
Except for a brief, small exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, it’s not likely.
The Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763, settled the Seven Years’ War. That was, in many ways, the First World War. It was fought in Europe, North America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, India and on the seas. About 500,000 soldiers were killed in total, along with tens, maybe hundreds, of thousands of civilians.
It’s the war that ended with most of what’s eastern Canada and part of the U.S. northeast handed from France to Britain. Quebec is still trying to adapt to the severing of those bonds with the mother country. For most of their history, the descendants of the settlers of New France have fought against the political, cultural and social impact of the “conquest.” It was, for good or ill, the defining moment in Quebec’s history.
On the other hand, the Royal Proclamation, which set out the rules for the government of the new British North American lands, is one of the most liberal manifestos ever issued by any government that had just taken control of an enemy territory.
It’s an astounding document that, in itself, had far more impact on the development of Canada than any single piece of legislation, and was certainly more important to the development of modern Canada than, say, the War of 1812.
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Canada Ping!
Canada is actually America’s worst enemy. We’ve fought six wars with Canada—the War of the League of Augsburg (1689-1697) the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748), the Third Silesian War (1754-1763), the War of the American Revolution (1775-1783) and the War of 1812 (1812-1815). Of course, in four of these wars, we were English and Canada was French.
No mention of hockey?
Big surprise, EH?
The Seven Years War was really the first “World War.”
The same war had a tremendous impact on the USA as well, where it was called the French and Indian War.
Whenever I visit Quebec or see a car from Quebec in my hometown I always think that the slogan on the license plates means "get your souvenirs here".
“Canada is actually America’s worst enemy. We’ve fought six wars with Canada...”
What a facinating perspective - very European oriented in your naming. And I thought I was the last person on the continent who remembered King George’s War. Your post has inspired me to learn more. As a fellow history dude, thank you.
Quite a shock for me to see this article written by my Son Mark.
Quite a shock for me to see this article written by my Son Mark.
Quite a shock for me to see this article written by my Son Mark.
I prefer to call it the Third Silesian War or the French and Indian War, since it actually lasted nine years. Last summer, I visited a canyon near Jumonville, Pa. where the war started in 1754, when a unit of Virginia militiamen got into a firefight with a French unit. Fort Necessity, located a few miles away, was also a site of one of the war's early battles.
How many with French Canada ans how many with English Canada?
How many wars have occurred between Quebec and the rest of Canada?
“How many...”
See post #3 by Fiji Hill. Everything before and including the Seven Years War/French Indian War is part of the titanic struggle between France and Britian for control over North America. Before the British took Canada, there was only French Canada, right? And the French were defeated on the Plains of Abraham and Quebec taken for Britian.
Using Fiji Hill’s reckoning, there were 4 vs. French Canada by the British and 2 vs. British Canada by Americans.
So Canada is only as dangerous as Germany.
“So Canada is only as dangerous as Germany.”
Not if you’re French Canadian - to them, the British are twice as dangerous as Germany lol. Just ask the Arcadians.
Seriously, though, I think it was someone else who stated that Canada is our worstest enemy, not me (see post #3). I took the statement as more tongue-in-cheek than anything. I was simply commenting on their interesting perspective on the various colonial era wars.
The British did not suppress the people of Quebec. In 1774, they received their first charter of rights, with legal guarantees for their religion, language and culture and were granted self-government. That laid the basis for modern Canada, which opted to keep its ties to the British Crown than to sever them.
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