text: did the american civil war result in creation of usa and canada? some history would help.?   no. the civil war took place approximately a hundred years after the usa became a country, and was a war between the citizens of the us, mainly between northern states and southern states.  one of the main effects of the civil war was abolishment of slavery in the usa.  in the late 1700's, the revolutionary war took place. this was is the one where the outcome was a seperation of america from english rule.  canada, however, did not seperate from england. to this day, they have english monarchs on their money. (ever look at a canadian coin?)  canada is a province with the queen of england, it's highest authority.  http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/h/index.htm  this is a good site to read up on usa history.   if you'd like a summary of canadian information, look here: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ca.html