Politics
There was a danger of Fenian raids along the Canadian-American border south and east of Montreal.
The British government did not want a repeat of the 1830s rebellions, for fear of losing two more colonies to the United States.
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“The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)
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