Post AdY45UrB6rted2OEFc by GraniteGeek@newsie.social
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 (DIR) Post #AdY2M1yZXbm04TbYDg by todayilearned@noc.social
       2024-01-05T21:21:05Z
       
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       TIL during the War of 1812, Thomas Jefferson believed annexing Canada and expelling the British from the North American continent would be relatively easy—"a mere matter of marching." But Canada was populated largely by British loyalists at the time and the US invasions ended in dismal failure.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812#Invasions_of_Upper_and_Lower_Canada,_18…#til #todayilearnedhttps://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/18zg6dy/til_during_the_war_of_1812_thomas_jefferson/
       
 (DIR) Post #AdY45UrB6rted2OEFc by GraniteGeek@newsie.social
       2024-01-05T21:40:35Z
       
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       @todayilearned Sort of like Putin and Ukraine
       
 (DIR) Post #AdY4ATCQhNu6w8hY8W by mike805@noc.social
       2024-01-05T21:41:33Z
       
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       @todayilearned Also during the Civil War, the British were massing troops in Canada. The Confederates were in Europe looking for a sponsor.