archaeogeek
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So, would Canada be absorbed, or do something else entirely in the face of American Filibusters doing stupid things?
I'm not sure a filibuster would work all that well in a country that has already got more population than the midwest at the time, especially when the areas to the south are sparsely populated. There was some noise to support the 1837 rebellion in both halves of Canada but since neither Papineau nor Mackenzie had much success (they did have a victory or two but in the end they were barely a thousand over Canada, yeah) it died out. Of course, no war of 1812 may well mean a lot more liberals in the two Canadas and british governors not doing as much as OTL to placate the french or cut off american settlement for mainly strategic reasons (after all the first governor of Canada before the american revolution was sacked for not being conciliating enough to british traders, and without the US being a threat it might make everyone involved more complacent). Similarly, opinions between the people wanting intervention was also divided between annexionists and people who wanted a sister republic in Canada.