Why is Canada a separate country?
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In British North America, the territories were not a single administration, but multiple colonies. There were twenty-something British colonies. Due to how history worked out, the 13 colonies that would become the USA were more linked with eachother than with the other colonies. They were founded at roughly the same time and had similar cultures. The colonies in Canada were somewhat newer and more separate. Nova Scotia was a British colony, but only became British in 1713. Quebec only became British in 1763. The other territories like Newfoundland, Rupert’s land, and the Northwest Territories were sparsely populated and distant from main population core of the 13 colonies. So, the other British colonies (which would become Canada) were British in the same way that the 13 colonies were, but didn’t really share in the history and culture of the 13 colonies. When the Revolution occurred, these Canadian colonies didn’t join because they have as much in common with the 13 colonies. Most people in the Canadian colonies were French Catholics, so they didn’t really get along with the English Protestants. In fact, one of the grievances the Americans had was that the British were treating the Catholics in Canada too good. The Americans were upset that the British were trying to appease the “evil papists.”
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