Comments on: Why Isn’t Canada Part of the United States? A Primer for Americans https://the-orbit.net/alyssa/2017/07/03/isnt-canada-part-united-states-primer-americans/ Research, Feelings, and Life with Alyssa Gonzalez Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:17:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 By: URL https://the-orbit.net/alyssa/2017/07/03/isnt-canada-part-united-states-primer-americans/#comment-1019 Thu, 31 Aug 2017 21:25:49 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/splainyouathing/?p=4919#comment-1019 … [Trackback]

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]]> By: Mobidea https://the-orbit.net/alyssa/2017/07/03/isnt-canada-part-united-states-primer-americans/#comment-1017 Thu, 31 Aug 2017 17:47:28 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/splainyouathing/?p=4919#comment-1017 Hi, thank you very much for this info!

]]> By: Rita Cormican https://the-orbit.net/alyssa/2017/07/03/isnt-canada-part-united-states-primer-americans/#comment-984 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 12:45:32 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/splainyouathing/?p=4919#comment-984 Really nice post. A few of your UK history dates are a bit muddled (sorry to nitpick, this is part of my area of research). You mention that the United Kingdom formed in 1713. However, the London parliament brought the first Act of Union into force in 1707, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain (uniting the Kingdom of Scotland with the Kingdom of England, which included Wales). A second formal Act of Union incorporated Ireland in 1800 (when the political designation formally became “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland”). Also, I might just politely mention that “Newfoundland had few permanent residents in the 18th Century” is perhaps true of European settlers, but it kind of overlooks the native population. While the Beothuk population was already severely threatened by the mid-18th century, Mi’kmaq communities were strong and widespread on the island (my mother was Mi’kmaw).

]]> By: KL Nosnhoj https://the-orbit.net/alyssa/2017/07/03/isnt-canada-part-united-states-primer-americans/#comment-982 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 22:28:14 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/splainyouathing/?p=4919#comment-982 Just one point regarding “almost total autonomy” from Britain: we (Canada) didn’t actually achieve that until 1981/1982, when The British North America Act was patriated to Canada, and The Constitution Act which followed officially allowed us to amend our own constitution without approval from Britain.

]]> By: Andrew T. https://the-orbit.net/alyssa/2017/07/03/isnt-canada-part-united-states-primer-americans/#comment-980 Mon, 03 Jul 2017 18:45:25 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/splainyouathing/?p=4919#comment-980 I enjoyed reading this piece, Alyssa. I had been aware of a lot of the events that transpired towards the founding of the U.S. and Canada as separate entities, but hadn’t seen them so clearly contextualized like this before.

And yes, U.S. education gives *very* short shift to the history of Canada (or the history of really any place other than the States). I remember that my Grade 5 Social Studies book said this much: “Britain didn’t want to lose Canada like it lost its other colonies. So every time the Canadians complained, the British gave them a little more freedom.” Score one for inaccurate over-simplification! Yet, a longer paragraph or chapter was nowhere to be found…

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