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Canada - U.s. Relations (1710-1899)

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...INTRODUCTION Americans write generously of Canadians, but little reciprocity is found in the Canadian essays. Animosity toward U.S. . . . policies may be softening, but it has not vanished" (Anonymous, 1990, p.47). Time International relates the differences between the countries to two distinct psyches: the U.S. is assertive, while Canada is used to compromise because of its French and English cultures. Others restate Prime Minister Trudeau's claim that "when a mouse is in bed with an elephant . . ., the mouse must be conscious of the elephant's every twitch'" (Anonymous, 1990, p. 47). Margaret Atwood has stated what delineates Americans from Canadians is the difference between the American and the Canadian response to revolution. In the U.S., she says, "the defiance of law was itself sanctioned by the Revolution, the overthrow of traditional authority..." (Atwood, 1972, p. 166). In contrast, she states, "All Canadian revolutions are failed revolutions.... Canada has from the beginning defined itself as a place where revolutions... are against lawful authority" (Atwood, p. 170-71). All of these are true. There are two distinct psyches,...

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