Canada's Apology to the USA

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Originally Posted by BC_MoM

No need for sarcasm. If you don't like the thread, don't post! :p
I'm sure if it was the other way around, you'd all be laughing.

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No need for SARCASM? Helloooooo, McFly....the original post WAS sarcasm. LOL....thinking of the pot calling the kettle black here.

I think I realized the original post was sarcasm. :rolleyes:

Don't call me McFly. My name is Jessica.

I don't know. I went to school in four different high schools and learned a variety of things about other countries. Being from Oregon, they taught about the Oregon Trail (which I have walked on! :D) but we learned a vast amount of things in social studies, American/U.S. History, and world history (along with world economics!). :D

ok first off the Canadians write history books differently comment could easily be taken in offence, though it seems no one is jumping on anyone but Jessica, who only responded to that comment.

second Canadian army and the British army were the same, as other said we were a child under the Brits, when they went to war we went with them, saying the British army burnt it down does not at all change the fact that Canadians are the ones that burnt it down.

as for the Americans not studying all the rest of the world? near as I can tell this has changed, if you remember "talking to americans" when Rick Mercer asked the kids mom if she thought it was terrible that Canadians cant find their home STATE on an unmarked map, the mom was like "oh that's awful" and the kid paused for a moment before saying "Canada has provinces", seems to me that this has changed, the kids are actually starting to learn about other places now lol back when it first came out though an american student told me that world history was optional, only American History was required. however in my school anyway every history or social class was about the entire world, with only one Canadian history class which was optional in grade 12(it was a choice of that or social studies or both if you wanted)


now as for the original post? I love it lol I also love Talking to Americans, I remeber in grade 8 it came out, and everyone recorded it and it was shown in like every school classroom lol

The Canadian Army during the War of 1812 did not participate in the Burning of Washington. The entire British Order of Battle for both the Battle of Blandeburg and the Burning of Washington was made up of British regular units (redcoats) who were sent from the Peninsular Campaign in Spain to America.

After the British experience in the lower colonies, the British did not trust colonial units for anything other than defence. The Fencibles (Canadian army and militia) did not see action much beyond the border between the US and Canada. They fought the Lakes campaign, but did not go further into US Territory.