books.google.ca - On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on Great Britain--the most powerful nation in the world. Britain was in the midst of a long and perilous struggle with Napoleon's France, convincing President Thomas Jefferson that taking Canada would be "a mere matter of marching."Jefferson was terribly...http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Invasion_of_Canada.html?id=bqbeE0N119kC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Invasion of Canada