I’m a layperson, but as far as I know, America had the military power to conquer the whole Canadian territory or at least get more land than in our timeline (similar to how they took a huge chunk of Mexico’s territory), right? But they didn’t. I would like to know why. Thank you for your attention in advance.
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Canada/Britain kicked our ass in 1812 while we still had a militia-based military.
By the time we had a reasonable standing army was around 1860 and we got busy killing each other in the Civil War. By the time that was settled and we had a good standing army again and could look elsewhere, the Canadian army was well equipped and backed by English troops.
So, we took Mexican territory instead and moved west because of Manifest Destiny shit. We had border skirmishes with the Canadians, but we never really had a chance to take their territory. Plus, there wasn’t much reason when we had much easier territory to claim out west with far less resistance.
By the time we had conquered all of the rest and a hard border was set up with Mexico, we were good friends with the Canadians and we saw no reason to conquer them.
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