Things I’ve learnt:
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the American continental army tried to take Quebec early in the war but were unsuccessful
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inhabitants of British Canadian territory did not have the same sentiment towards Independence as in the 13 American colonies, it was far more sparsely populated, lived in closer association with indigenous people, and was not economically large enough to consider independence
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after the war, many British loyalists left America and settled in Canada causing the cultures to diverge even more
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Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and other bits all used to be part of British Québec
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America attempted to claim modern day Quebec in the Paris peace talks after the war
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in the end the British surrendered only the above territories with the border becoming more or less the modern US-Canadian one
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We burned down the white house at some point I think.
Care to demonstrate a second time?
Help us out and do it again.
Not in the war of independence but one war later (British-American war).
The war of 1812.
Always check your sources kids. @[email protected] has cited a page from the personal website of a university. The university was established by the first Roman Catholic bishop of Ottawa, Joseph-Bruno Guigues, who entrusted administration to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. And according to the (biased) source listed, the colony officially aligned with Britain. The governor of Québec, Guy Carleton, enlisted local militias and had support from clergy and nobility, ensuring that Canada did not remain neutral. This is why media literacy is important! Check your sources :)
… wut? “The personal website of a university”?
What do you think ‘as much as possible’ meant in an era where they were ruled by one of the belligerents? Literacy is important indeed. The support he got was to protect local interests and not simply blind support for the Crown because the populace did not care to actually quell the American Rebellion, nor rebel themselves.
edit: “[Guy Carleton] hoped that his policy of conciliation would bear fruit, but only the Canadian clergy (led by Catholic bishop of Québec, Mgr. Jean-Olivier Briand) and the nobility (lords) responded with any enthusiasm to the call by British authorities. The general public remained relatively indifferent, viewing the war as a ‘battle between the English.’”
it was still pretty native at that point. its like why didn’t areas west of the colonies participate. The major cities were in the us colonies and up there was basically outposts for hunter/traders. Was not even year around settlers till the 1600 and it did not grow as fast as down south.
Je suis pas britannique et je suis Canadien
I meant, at the time, it was a British colony
