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Editor says, what if the 1837 rebellion had established an independent Canada? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the July 2011 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1940, on this day Mackenzie King (pictured) and Franklin D. Roosevelt met at Ogdensburg the little border town in New York State just across the St. Lawrence River from Prescott, Ontario.
Canadian Heroes 1The negotiation of the so-called Ogdensburg Agreement was to set up the Canada-US Permant Joint Board of Defence. But a serious problem arose over the proposed exchange of American destroyers for British colonial bases.
The dismantlement of the British Empire was a privately declared war aim of Roosevelt. But King had a bigger issue at stake: the 1837 hanging of his grandfather William Lyon Mackenzie, a leading proponent of the Responsible Government movement that had delivered an Independent Canada in 1867.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Generals Source: Wikipedia Labels: Canada, America, World War 2, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mackenzie King. Editor says, Grandfather William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795 - August 28, 1861) was a Scottish born American and Canadian journalist, politician, and rebellion leader. He served as the first mayor of the city of Toronto (1834) and was an important leader during the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion.
The rebel leaders were allowed to escape to the United States, with Mackenzie arriving in Buffalo, New York on December 11, 1837. On December 12, he delivered an address to the largest public meeting in the history of Buffalo, describing Upper Canada's desire for liberty and their oppression at the hands of the British, and asking for their help. The meeting ended with wild "cheers for Mackenzie, Papineau, and Rolph!" and Mackenzie thus began a recruiting campaign. On December 13, he declared himself the head of a provisional government, entitled the "Republic of Canada".
~ But was he related to Alexander Mackenzie or to Sir Alexander MacKenzie, or to Mackenzie River? Or to Mackenzie Reed, my cousin?
~ If Canada was more independent of the UK, would it have gone to war in 1914 or 1939? Yes dodged that point but in this article I am suggesting US-Canada Defense Pact still goes ahead
~ Watch out for American Imperialism! That NAFTA will get ya.
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