Re: "Drakon" by S. M. Stirling

In article <2g957j5m5qfpevnuuojggu1d98la2vgrpv@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat  <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:36:21 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>

However, Ontario also received a number of "delayed loyalists", i.e.
Americans attracted by free land, well after the war(1).  As these
proved far from loyal to the British in the war of 1812(2), perhaps your
grandmother had a point.
>

>
I've never seen a source that suggested land in modern day southern
Ontario was free though it was a fraction (I've read 1/3) of what the
US was selling land for in what is now the Midwest.
>
Again - in British eyes there were enough of them that it was felt to
be a security threat in the region between London (ON) and York (now
Toronto) though in the event these settlers chose loyalty to their
land rather than to their former country.

Yeah, to the 1812 invaders' enormous surprise, you can't win hearts
and minds by setting fire to people's homes.
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