A critical period of Canadian history – namely the foundation of Canada as a future nation-state as a response to two wars: the American “Revolution” (1776-1783) and the War of 1812 (1812-1815). On the one hand, the authors assert that Canadians (both Anglophone and Francophone) rejected the motives and rationale of the American Revolution (or rebellion) and the apparent later initiative on the part of Americans to annex Canada during the War of 1812. Yet, somewhat ironically, the textbook authors also assert that, in fact, “American” Loyalists who settled in New Brunswick and Upper Canada were the “founders” of Anglophone Canada, in terms of governance and identity.
For the American student therefore, one can only conclude that the United States was indeed instrumental for the creation of a future Canada, whether by default of politics and war or by an inevitable, similar identification and influence by one people upon another, as demonstrated by the life and times of Laura Secord.
ONLY A PARAGRAPH RESPONSE, nothing long or lengthy, Respond to the bolded prompt, the paragraph above is background information to help you.
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