Invasion of Canada

The Invasion of Canada may refer to several events in history.

  • The British and French colonial empires contested Canada through several wars:
  • Quebec Expedition (1711)
  • King George's War (1744–1748)
  • The French and Indian War (1754–1763)
  • The United States invaded Canada in two wars:
  • The American Revolutionary War - see Invasion of Canada (1775)
  • The War of 1812
  • A small group of American rebels from the Hunters' Lodges invaded Canada in the Patriot War (1837-1838) and the Battle of the Windmill in 1838.
  • The Fenian raids, based in the United States, also targeted Canada between 1866 and 1871.
  • The United States developed an invasion plan known as War Plan Red in the mid-1920s. The plan was a contingency for the unlikely event of war with the United Kingdom. It was officially withdrawn in 1939.
  • The Invasion of Canada is also a 1980 book by Pierre Berton about the War of 1812.

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