Movements for the United States annexation of Canada
Various individuals and movements within Canada and the United States have campaigned in favour of U.S. annexation of parts of or all of Canada or have predicted it without endorsing it since their common origin as parts of British America. Before the United States even declared its independence, there were efforts to have parts of what is now Canada join the Thirteen Colonies in their complaints against Great Britain. American forces unsuccessfully attempted to invade Canada during the Invasion of Quebec of 1775 and War of 1812. One last American diplomatic effort to annex Canada was made in the aftermath of the American Civil War and confederation of Canada, but the 1871 Treaty of Washington did not include any such provisions. Various groups and individuals in what is now Canada have campaigned for part or all of Canada (earlier, British North America) to join the United States, generally over opposition to British rule or the Canadian federal government. After a spike of interest, they...
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