Did you study this in school, Henry? I got to know.
Nope. We were pretty much taught that the world started around 1776. The Tories fled North because they loved the King, and feared the rabble. Then the dirty Indians killed poor Custer, but we sorted THAT out and invented California. Discovered Hollywood out there, too.
If Canadians want to join US (as in U.S.) all they gotta do is VOTE. They won’t let us join Canada: we fought a war over that whole “succession” thing. That Lincoln guy you mentioned…