At any point in time before the 1900s could at least the area around Québec be returned to France? Would France even want any of it back?
And they probably rules out any Quebec based reunification movements too doesn't it.No and no, honestly. France considered it unimportant to their future giving it up come 1763 and the Canadians felt betrayed ever since, it took a couple centuries with Vive Le Quebec Libre for some kindship in a national sense to come back.
The best bet is to KEEP Canada French when the Treaty of Paris rolls around.
I was under the impression that the Americans thought they were duty bound to help France get New France.Well, if you have French marines sitting on Quebec City and Montreal following a sufficient enough drumming of Great Britain during The American Revolution (Which, considering she's being dog-piled by the Dutch and Spainards at the time and her grip on the colonies is the loosest its going to be for awhile is probably their best chance), they might be able to pull it off. However, it'd take ALOT of work and wrangling with the Americans to get them to back the movement, and a general scuttling of British naval power to the point that their colonial Empire is untenable.
Then, of course, they won't hold it very long because French Revolution.
What if France lost it in 1763 but got it back in 1783?No and no, honestly. France considered it unimportant to their future giving it up come 1763 and the Canadians felt betrayed ever since, it took a couple centuries with Vive Le Quebec Libre for some kindship in a national sense to come back.
The best bet is to KEEP Canada French when the Treaty of Paris rolls around.
I'm under the impression that the patriots only cared about accepting French assistance, and had no interest in helping France do anything but free the colonies. They might have accepted a New France to the north, if NF didn't encroach on what the colonists viewed as theirs, but they weren't going to help France regain it. As in OTL, they'll ditch France as soon as independence is in sight.I was under the impression that the Americans thought they were duty bound to help France get New France.
Then, of course, they won't hold it very long because French Revolution.
Assuming it's not butterflied away.
Well, if you have French marines sitting on Quebec City and Montreal following a sufficient enough drumming of Great Britain during The American Revolution (Which, considering she's being dog-piled by the Dutch and Spainards at the time and her grip on the colonies is the loosest its going to be for awhile is probably their best chance), they might be able to pull it off. However, it'd take ALOT of work and wrangling with the Americans to get them to back the movement, and a general scuttling of British naval power to the point that their colonial Empire is untenable.
Then, of course, they won't hold it very long because French Revolution.
I was under the impression that the Americans thought they were duty bound to help France get New France.