Well, Canada didn't have to fight. When the possibility was imminent in the 1820's (I think) they got off easy. Some "famous"guy (Lord somebody) whose name I can't remember made a report to the government on it. Dominion status worked for Australia/New Zealand. (?) India by peaceful resistance. ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amanda Phillips" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 5:03 AM Subject: Re: political participation in the colonies/Amanda > That war saved England a fortune :) why we bothered to fight it I don't > know > . > History a bit dodgy as it gets written by the winners . > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn