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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Quebec always wanted to be its own country. Also they would rather salt their lands and commit mass suicide than be forced to speak English.
If the US had taken Quebec by force and had it as a state at some point, they would probably have seceded by now. Canada at least mostly allowed Quebec to do almost everything they want within reason, that wouldn’t fly in the early US.
Last but not least I am under the impression there was some bad blood between the Quebecois and the early US. Don’t forget the only people to ever successfully raze the White House were Quebecois. The one the US has today is not the original White House.
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