France and Britain had been arch enemies for centuries. New France (Quebec) was taken over by the British. Ben Franklin had a newspaper in Montreal. You’d think there’d be some influence and rationale for Quebec to secede from Britain and join the US during the war of independence, but it didn’t. Why not?
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“If there’s two flavors that really don’t go well together, it’s American Protestantism and Catholicism”
— Mike Duncan (paraphrased)
Ultimately they thought that a far away crown was far more likely to tolerate their Catholicism than nearby Americans. And anti-Catholic bias at the time was really, really strong.
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