Drop by the Dundurn Press booth if you are at TWOTS on Sunday. I’d be happy to talk about how Benjamin Franklin’s efforts to annex Canada set the stage for Donald Trump. #twots #canada #history #books #cdaus

Have you voted for the CIPS Best Blog Award 2026? 🏅 Wondering who's on the shortlist? ➡️ America’s Roots are Showing with its Threat to Greenland By @mdrohan.bsky.social Check out the full shortlist >>> www.cips-cepi.ca/2026/09/15/c...

The majority of Canadians have been saying No to becoming Americans for 250 years. Some Americans either aren’t listening or won’t take No for an answer. #hedidnotconquer #canada #history #book #cdaus

Opinion | Canada Said No to America. It Will Reverberate Far Beyond Its Borders.

Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do.

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Canada is 29th on this list, below the United States at 27th. epi.yale.edu/indicator/20...

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.

Getting a bunch of rich people in a room will not solve the world’s problems. They will want to remake the world, or in this case the country, into a place where they would feel comfortable and where their needs are met. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Inside the private Muskoka conference that lures Canada’s movers and shakers – including Mark Carney

Since 2015, the invitation-only gathering has brought together prominent Canadians for candid conversations about the challenges shaping the country’s future

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Propaganda, spies, and willing local accomplices. See how American meddling in the Alberta separatism debate resembles the tactics they used in Quebec 250 years ago. #hedidnotconquer #canada #history #americanrevolution @revwar250.bsky.social opencanada.org/when-america...

When America Tried to Win Canada - Open Canada

The failure of American colonists to win Canadian hearts and minds 250 years ago offers lessons for responding to current meddling in the Alberta separatism debate.

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Great movie, wish I would've known it was a documentary, way back then🤔...

@economist.com Checks and Balance podcast wants listeners to name their favourite founding father. I picked John Adams. Here is why: #hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books @dundurnpress.bsky.social @america250.bsky.social @revwar250.bsky.social

The founding fathers were still peeved with Britain about the 1774 Quebec Act when they declared independence #OTD July 4, 1776. They made sure to include the Act’s terms in the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence. #canada #history #americanrevolution @revwar250.bsky.social

It was a fun conversation.

hclark@hclark.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th, icymi: @mdrohan.bsky.social tells @spaikin.bsky.social about American founding father Benjamin Franklin's failed attempts to annex Canada. Don't know this story? She says that's because Canadians let the losers write the story: youtu.be/71XcY7OgYe8?...

#OTD July 3, 1776, John Adams grumbled in a letter to his wife Abigail that had the Declaration of Independence been made seven months earlier, “we should have mastered Quebec and been in Possession of Canada.” #hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books #americanrevolution @revwar250.bsky.social

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#OTD July 1, 1776, delegates to the Continental Congress pondered their failure to make Canada the 14th colony before they moved on to debating the wording of their intended declaration of independence. #history #books #americanrevolution @revwar250.bsky.social @250yearsagonews.bsky.social

Benjamin Franklin tried twice during the American Revolution to make Canada the 14th colony. I wrote about these failed attempts and the thinking behind them for the Canadian Encyclopedia. Here's the link: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/b... #canada #history #books #americanrevolution

Benjamin Franklin and American Attempts to Annex Canada

Benjamin Franklin, writer, publisher, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat (born 17 January 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts; died 17 April 1790 in Philadelphi...

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#OTD June 18, 1776, a defeated American army straggled out of Fort St. Jean on the last leg of their journey home to the 13 Colonies. They had invaded the British colony of Canada the previous September, confident of making it the 14th colony. #canada #history #books #americanrevolution

Coming up tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET!

The Tattooed Historian@tattooedhistorian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Don't forget that the next livestream on my YouTube channel is coming up on Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET. @mdrohan.bsky.social will be joining us to discuss Benjamin Franklin's desire to take Canada. This will be a timely discussion in light of "51st state" rhetoric. www.youtube.com/live/kArpkSl...

#OTD June 8, 1776, the American troops who invaded the British colony of Canada in 1775 fought one last, disastrous battle at Trois-Rivières before resuming their headlong rush for home. #hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books #americanrevolution @dundurnpress.bsky.social

“The Dogs of Warr are now fairly let loose upon us.” So wrote Robert Morris, a key financial backer of the American Revolution and future founding father, #OTD June 5, 1776. #hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books #americanrevolution #america250 @dundurnpress.bsky.social @revwar250.bsky.social

This never gets old! Signed copies of my book at Indigo Rideau in Ottawa today. My book explains why Benjamin Franklin was in Montreal 250 years ago trying his best to make Canada into the 14th American colony. As the title suggests, he failed. #canada #history #books #americanrevolution

It is creepy when google, microsoft, etc, etc try to ram AI down out throats. Now the government wants us to meekly accept this flawed and expensive brain substitute.

Ethan Lou@ethanlou.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Ottawa wants ‘AI for all.’ But do all Canadians want AI in their lives? The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Viet Vu, André Côté:

One of the reasons the 1775-76 American invasion of Canada failed was that the residents of the British colony of Canada set aside their historical grievances and united to defend Quebec City. #hedidnotconquer #canada #books #history #americanrevolution #cdnpoli

After Benjamin Franklin fled Montreal on May 11, 1776, his fellow commissioners Charles Carroll and Samuel Chase stayed behind in the forlorn hope that the American invasion of Canada could still succeed if more troops, food, and money were sent north. #hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books

I am having fun on this swing through western Canada to talk about my book. Tonight in Saskatoon we had a lively discussion afterwards about how to improve how history is taught in Canada. #canada #history #books #americanrevolution

Who says you can’t have fun while talking about your book? I had a great time this evening discussing Benjamin Franklin’s failure to annex Canada with an informed and engaged Winnipeg audience. #hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books #americanrevolution @dundurnpress.bsky.social

I’m wrapping up my book tour with four dates in western Canada: Winnipeg (May 25), Saskatoon (May 26), Edmonton (May 27), and Calgary (May 28). My thanks to the Canadian International Council’s branches for making this possible. #canada #history #books #americanrevolution @dundurnpress.bsky.social

Trump isn’t the first American to eye Canada, author warns

Benjamin Franklin played a significant role in the American Revolutionary War's failed attempt to annex Canada, a little-known history explored in Madelaine Drohan’s new book. She highlights how Frank...

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I really enjoyed speaking with such a knowledgeable host about why the events of 250 years ago still matter today. #hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books #americanrevolution @dundurnpress.bsky.social

Madelaine Drohan: Long Before Trump, Franklin Failed to Annex Canada | TVO Today Live

YouTube video by TVO Today

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When Benjamin Franklin fled Montreal for Philadelphia on May 11, his two fellow commissioners remained behind in the hope that they might still be able to salvage the American invasion of Canada and set up a new government. #hedidnotconquer #canada #history #books #americanrevolution Dundurn Press

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-12-2026 The biggest story in the country, today and always, is that the president of the United States is mentally unwell.

May 12, 2026

The biggest story in the country, today and always, is that the president of the United States is mentally unwell.

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Quebec City is central to the story I tell in my book about Benjamin Franklin’s failure to annex Canada. I was delighted to speak at the Morrin Centre there last night. My thanks to Noora Heiskanen of the centre, Renald Grégoire of the CIC, and everyone who came. #hedidnotconquer #canada #history