Say that, during the negotiations of the Treaty of Paris, the British decide that they'd have more to gain by grabbing the French sugar-making islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Gorée, and France's remaining Indian factories, than they would gain from annexing Quebec and Canada.
So, the British get different terms. They annex French Louisiana east of the Mississippi and the aforementioned islands, but leave Quebec to the French (not sure what happens to the rest of French Louisiana here, whether it remains French or goes to Spain). What would the effect of a surviving, if weakened, French Quebec have on the world? Would the colonies protest to British taxation, knowing that the French threat is still there? Or might Quebec support the rebellion against the British, if it still happens?
How likely is this in the first place?
So, the British get different terms. They annex French Louisiana east of the Mississippi and the aforementioned islands, but leave Quebec to the French (not sure what happens to the rest of French Louisiana here, whether it remains French or goes to Spain). What would the effect of a surviving, if weakened, French Quebec have on the world? Would the colonies protest to British taxation, knowing that the French threat is still there? Or might Quebec support the rebellion against the British, if it still happens?
How likely is this in the first place?