“If in 1776, we were able to find a guy to run for president born on America soil, certainly we can in 2016. It is a slap in the face to George Washington that Cruz dates to run for president in our great country. Let him run in Canada.”
Just to clarify the historical record. George Washington was not elected President of the United States in 1776. There was no “President” as we know it until 1789. In 1776 the highest political authority in the United States after Independence was the President of the Continental Congress and later it was the President of the Congress Under the Articles of Confederation. From 1776 to 1789, fourteen men held that position (a couple held it twice or once in different establishments). Of those fourteen, two were foreign born (Charles Thomson - Ireland & Arthur St Clair - Scotland).
As for Canada in 1776, it was a colony just like the other 13. While it had no representatives in Congress, it did have soldiers serving in the American Army against the British (1st Canadian Regiment 1775-81 & 2nd Canadian Regiment “Congress’ Own” 1776-83). These troops were recruited in Quebec. One of the reasons the British kept large bodies of troops in Canada throughout the war was a fear that it would join the 13 other rebellious colonies.
Forgot to mention that early on in the American Revolution 1775, an American Army moved into the Canadian Colony in an effort to drive out the British and allow it to join the Confederation. American troops captured Montreal but were defeated at the Battle of Quebec City and hopes for Canada joining the other colonies were dashed.