This is my first thread, so it might sound bad. So what I'm thinking is that WI France ceded New France (Quebec today) to Britain in the aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), rather than after the Seven Year's War (1754-1763)? Would Canada be more populated or "invested in" by Britain than in OTL? What else would change?
A different Canadian history...
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How would this have happened? And this would mean a more developed (industrially/infrastructure) Quebec with less French influence.
Maybe the war was more destructive to France and its allies, giving Britain and her victorious allies more of a "presence"? Maybe she forced France to give up her New France colony. Another historical (real) aftermath of the war was that Acadia was given too, so IF both were taken, Britain would have the most influence in North America earlier (And before the American Revolutionary War) than in OTL...
Your best chance for France to be on the ropes is for the Alliance not to push for Louis XIV's armies to help in unseating Philip V. In OTL that made Louis XIV renew the war effort and fight the War of the Spanish succession to an effective stalemate.
Good point. So that happens, and the British get New France, and the other colonies it received in OTL. What effect would this have in history? Would it in any way affect the American Revolutionary War at all?