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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In 1774, the British passed the [Quebec Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Act). This act protected French religion and culture in Quebec and expanded Quebec’s borders.
This was one of the Intolerable Acts that inspired the Revolution. The American were infuriated that the British would dare to allow the Quebequers to remain Catholics and that the British allowed the French Quebequers to acquire new land.
It does not make any sense for Quebec to join a revolution where they were seen as the bad guys. The Quebers at that time had a much better deal with the British than with the Colonists.
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