Contrast Between Canada And United States Fight For Independence

Introduction				America gained victory at Saratoga which
Canada's fight for independence was unlike the				compounded the revolution and escalated with the
United States. Canada gradually evolved peacefully				entrance of Spain, France and Netherlands war
as a nation while the United States became an				against Great Britain. With the participation of the
independent country through an armed revolution.				French, triumphant naval victory was witnessed in
Contrast between Canada and United States fight				Chesapeake in 1781 leading to a decisive
for independence				surrender of the British army at Yorktown. In
During the period of 1867, a Confederation of six				1783, the independence of America was
colonies of the British North American joined to				recognized by the Treaty of Paris.
form a new country, Canada. Then gradually, the				Colonists were divided in the American
military, financial and administrative support from				revolutionary on which side they would support
the British slowly reduced as the new formed				the war with some areas experiencing civil war in
country took charge and more responsibility in the				their struggles. The colonists loyal to Britain
control of its future and destiny. This was				departed from America and settled in other
strengthened by the fact that Canada had sent				British colonies mostly Canada, to evade the
many troops to fight with Britain and its				conflicts with the revolutionaries. When the war
participation in the First World War. Great Britain's				commenced, the American revolutionaries did not
application of the Statute of Westminster to its				have a standing army and relied on traditional
dominions from the Acts of Parliament, granted				defense systems where each colony used local
New Zealand, the Irish, Newfoundland, Union of				militia tactics and methods. This affected their
South Africa, Australia and Canada full				extended operations in the fight coupled with the
independence.				fact that the militia groups did not have the
This statute only consecrated practices that had				adequate training and discipline that is mandatory
already been established firmly by Great Britain.				for regular soldiers. Though they sometimes
With Canada, the road to independence began				succeeded to suppress loyalist activity and
with Britain's grant of a responsible government				occasionally against the British troops. This plight
and finally legislature to it's' colonies from the				led Americans to seek ways that they would
period of 1847 to 1848. The crowning of the				coordinate military efforts and train a regular
Confederation in 1867 had the intention and				army. In 1778, the North America colonial rebellion
purpose of giving Britain's dominions the complete				translated into an international war, where France
control of their governance and internal affairs.				joined United States after learning the Saratoga
This saw the gradual take over of the colony's				victory. Spain joined the war as allies of France in
governments from Great Britain's control.				1779 while Netherlands in 1780 as combatants.
The most critical event that fostered Canada's				The three countries were disquietly giving financial
independence was the withdrawal of British				aid to the revolutionaries since the
Armies in 1871 from Canada, followed by the				commencement of the war, to mitigate Britain's
Washington Treaty which took place in the same				emerging status as a superpower. Britain had
year. The treaty included a Canadian who joined				superior naval strength over the American
the British negotiating team that would lead to				revolutionaries, but with entrance of the French, it
deliberations and the signing of the treaty on				contested the British superiority. Spain joined the
Canada's behalf. These events led to the				war with the mission of invading England to
development and establishment of a Supreme				recapture Minorca and Gibraltar.
Court in Canada in 1875. This process was				Government setup contrasts
accelerated by the First World War with the				The Canadian government was created based on
support of Canada to Great Britain's troops in the				parliamentary democracy which had strong
war. Canada grew and evolved in the international				democratic traditions with the Queen of Canada
scene during the period of post World War. The				as the head of state and a federal system of
country participated in the signing of the Treaty				government. Canada's constitution governs the
of Versailles in 1919 and was also elected to be a				lawful structure of the country's traditions and
member in the League of Nations. Great Britain				conventions. The Senate of Canada does not
recognized its former colonies to be autonomous				have adequate power to oppose or initiate
communities as was the British Empire through				legislation because it is selected by the Prime
the Balfour resolution of 1926. The Dominions				Minister. However, the United States has a
were considered as equal in status and were not				regionally elected senate therefore there is equal
subordinate in any way with reference to aspects				power in the regions which make it more unified
that pertained to their external or domestic				as a country as opposed to Canada which lacks
affairs. They were recognized to be members of				the balance. The president's power in the U.S is
the British Commonwealth of Nations united by				balanced in the Senate and the House of
their common allegiance by 1931.				Representatives.
The American war for independence also known				Conclusion
as the American Revolutionary occurred between				Historians have often developed theories that
the period of 1775 and 1783. This conflict erupted				would explain the loss of Great Britain in the war
and war broke out between the revolutionaries				which they were expected to win. The Empire
who were the thirteen British colonies and Great				had military advantages from the beginning
Britain, who declared their intention for				primarily because of the naval superiority and
independence like the United States of America in				professional regular military over its Dominions like
the year 1776. The war was accelerated by the				America. The major disadvantage that faced
rising revolutions that were undertaking in the				them was the distance in shipping supplies and
colonies in the struggle against economic and				troops across the Atlantic Ocean. The Americans
political policies imposed by the British Empire. The				had the advantage of local sources of food and
war spread out far and wide, further than the				manpower and knowledge of the territory unlike
British North America. The conflicts made many				the British who were compounded by logistical
Native Americans to be divided along the war lines				problems.
and they fought on each side of the conflict. The				Reference:
British used their naval superiority to capture				Black, J. (2001). War for America: The Fight for
territories and occupy them, mostly the coastal				Independence. Analysis from a noted British
cities. They could not control the countryside				military historian. Sutton Publishing. UK.
where the majority of the people lived. In 1777,

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Contrast Between Canada And United States Fight For Independence