Most Canadians stayed out of it, until they were attacked. A few did join the Americans. There were plenty of local Loyalists to fight the Rebels, in addition to actual British soldiers.
This is a weakness of Hetalia. England the personification loved America. The British Empire thought the colonists overreacted over the deaths and the troops. Whenever you bring in real life death, the personifications get darker than canon, simply because of what they did/are associated with.
Manifest Destiny was years later, when America was independent. The quote is a reference to the scramble for territory in the New World by the Europeans, since Canada and America are agents of them. Because the natives weren't considered people, all their land was up for grabs, depending on who got there first. There was a lot of arguing over whose explorers got where at what time..
One of the arguments for Britain to own America was a myth about a Welshman named Madoc getting there first. In fact, the Nordics got to Canada first, and maybe America (the evidence is uncertain, but it was many years before Vinland was accepted by historians). However, they weren't big on settling and farming, and left.
The Spanish are the first documented explorers of the future America. De Vaca who explored the future border of the US and Mexico, Ponce De Leon who explored Florida, Balboa and Magellan who discovered the Pacific Ocean and claimed the whole thing for Spain, and De Soto who explored deep into the future American South, all the way to Missouri, before dying on the banks of the Mississippi around Arkansas or Louisiana in 1542. De Soto's expedition is infamous for it's cruelty.
Next, the French got to Canada and the English to the American East Coast. The first English colony was called Roanoke, and was mysteriously wiped out. It's something of a ghost story now. The next attempt was the Jamestown settlement in 1607, and it celebrated it's 400th anniversary of colonization in 2007. The Queen of England came to visit and everything.
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This is a weakness of Hetalia. England the personification loved America. The British Empire thought the colonists overreacted over the deaths and the troops. Whenever you bring in real life death, the personifications get darker than canon, simply because of what they did/are associated with.
Manifest Destiny was years later, when America was independent. The quote is a reference to the scramble for territory in the New World by the Europeans, since Canada and America are agents of them. Because the natives weren't considered people, all their land was up for grabs, depending on who got there first. There was a lot of arguing over whose explorers got where at what time..
One of the arguments for Britain to own America was a myth about a Welshman named Madoc getting there first. In fact, the Nordics got to Canada first, and maybe America (the evidence is uncertain, but it was many years before Vinland was accepted by historians). However, they weren't big on settling and farming, and left.
The Spanish are the first documented explorers of the future America. De Vaca who explored the future border of the US and Mexico, Ponce De Leon who explored Florida, Balboa and Magellan who discovered the Pacific Ocean and claimed the whole thing for Spain, and De Soto who explored deep into the future American South, all the way to Missouri, before dying on the banks of the Mississippi around Arkansas or Louisiana in 1542. De Soto's expedition is infamous for it's cruelty.
Next, the French got to Canada and the English to the American East Coast. The first English colony was called Roanoke, and was mysteriously wiped out. It's something of a ghost story now. The next attempt was the Jamestown settlement in 1607, and it celebrated it's 400th anniversary of colonization in 2007. The Queen of England came to visit and everything.