FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhy did (what is now) Canadian territory not get caught up in the American war of independence? It was all British, right?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWhy did (what is now) Canadian territory not get caught up in the American war of independence? It was all British, right?FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoBecause it remained loyalist. As for why… Probably due to more complex relations with American Indians and the French, and didn’t have a new ruling elite in waiting to give it equal footing in an independent North America.
minus-square11111one11111@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoWhat? Why would you make all this up? Lol none of this is factually correct.
Because it remained loyalist.
As for why… Probably due to more complex relations with American Indians and the French, and didn’t have a new ruling elite in waiting to give it equal footing in an independent North America.
What? Why would you make all this up? Lol none of this is factually correct.