Americans have wanted Canada since the French and Indian War when they helped create it; to the American Revolutionary War and George Washington's proposal to make it 14th state; to the War of 1812 and James Madison's overt invasion; and even the aftermath of the Civil War and William Henry Sewards's purchase of Alaska to outrun Canada to the Pacific coast. America's history is about manifest destiny; Canada's is about annexation paranoia. (Please note the changed course title and narrative, per the instructor's wishes.)