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   >  He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin's Failure to Annex     
   > Canada | Paperback   
      
   > Madelaine Drohan CDN   
      
   > Dundurn Press   
      
   > History / Canada - Pre-Confederation (to 1867) / United States -   
   > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) / Biography & Autobiography / Historical   
      
   > Published Sep 30, 2025   
      
   > "Throughout his long and illustrious career, Benjamin Franklin   
   > nursed a not-so-secret desire to annex Canada and make it   
   > American.   
      
   > "When he was not busy conducting scientific experiments or   
   > representing American interests at home and abroad, Benjamin   
   > Franklin hatched one plan after another to join Canada to the   
   > American colonies and then later to the United States. These   
   > were not solely intellectual efforts. He went to Montreal in   
   > 1776 to try to turn around the faltering occupation by American   
   > forces. As lead American negotiator at the 1782 peace   
   > negotiations with Britain in Paris, he held the fate of Canada   
   > in his hands. Ill health and other American priorities then   
   > forced him to abandon his decades-long campaign to possess   
   > Canada.   
      
   > "Franklin's elevation to the status of an American icon has   
   > pushed this signal failure into the far reaches of collective   
   > memory in both Canada and the United States. Yet it shaped the   
   > future of North America and relations between the two   
   > neighbours over the next two and a half centuries.   
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   August, That was interesting. Thaks!   
   Ed   
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