[Sailor Steve]

Yes, the Americans thought to take Canada, or at least get the Canadians to join them, and we failed. The other side is what the British expected, which was to either bring America back into the fold or to teach us a lesson we'd never forget. As Wellington pointed out, they only thing he could accomplish would be to sign the peace treaty they should already be signing anyway. As far as Britain's goals were concerned America won that war hands down, no question, no argument. Britain lost everything they tried to gain and helped set America on the road to greatness.