POL312Y1 Lecture Notes - Bilateralism
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Sharing a continent: we are the youngest country in north america and the smallest. Mexico and us has a very high population rate. However, they don"t always have a friendly relationship: canada and us relation was british and us relation. Canada didn"t exist back then, which is significant because us used to be a part of uk. War of 1812 is considered by some as hostility between uk and us. We still have it to this day. This is crucial in making a peaceful foundation of. We didn"t have open hostilities but we were afraid of americans. Canada is so much smaller than the us so canada is a little more welcoming. In 19th century, this friendliness between the two countries as well as the demilitarization of the border. Page 2 started from americans thinking why not? very logical view.
