I always see these threads & TLs where the US conquers and annexes Canada either during the ARW or the war of 1812, but would it have been more plausible to instead just buy Canada at some point in history?
I always see these threads & TLs where the US conquers and annexes Canada either during the ARW or the war of 1812, but would it have been more plausible to instead just buy Canada at some point in history?
Not going to happen. Its more likely Britain would buy parts of the US than vice-versa. The UK was the economic and banking power.
Obviously, the POD comes when a prostrate Britain needs reparations to pay indemnities to Napoleon II, Emperor of France, King of Italy, Protector of the Rhine Confederation, and Sultan of Egypt.
No I wasn't thinking about that, as far as I know Canada wasn't really providing the Empire a lot of money, and after the 1840's the british knew if there was another war they wouldn't be able to defend Canada (like why the russians sold Alaska, they feared they would lose it to the British without getting any sort of compensation) so what if they instead just decided to sell it.Something like that.
That though is doing something with effects that dwarf the initial question. IMO when that has to be done to make something happen then the answer to the initial question is asb.
No I wasn't thinking about that, as far as I know Canada wasn't really providing the Empire a lot of money, and after the 1840's the british knew if there was another war they wouldn't be able to defend Canada (like why the russians sold Alaska, they feared they would lose it to the British without getting any sort of compensation) so what if they instead just decided to sell it.
No I wasn't thinking about that, as far as I know Canada wasn't really providing the Empire a lot of money, and after the 1840's the british knew if there was another war they wouldn't be able to defend Canada (like why the russians sold Alaska, they feared they would lose it to the British without getting any sort of compensation) so what if they instead just decided to sell it.
If enough Americans flood into British Columbia during the 1850s & '60s in search of gold a campaign to purchase the region could possibly be launched.
Sir no Brit or Canadian on this board would ever agree to any dismantling of the empire, and will shoot down any suggestion of the sort. But the only real possibility is maybe the purchase of Rupert's land from what British Variant trading company owned it. Even that is a long shot.
How many of those settlers were actualy Americans as opposed to those who had recently landed in American ports in search of a new life?
The British are unlike Mexicans, Spaniards, Frenchmen, or Danes, you see.
The British are unlike Mexicans, Spaniards, Frenchmen, or Danes, you see.
I always see these threads & TLs where the US conquers and annexes Canada either during the ARW or the war of 1812, but would it have been more plausible to instead just buy Canada at some point in history?