AHC: Canadian Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont

TFSmith121

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They were all part of British North America at times;

Challenge: Have the area that would eventually become Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont become part of Canada.

They were all part of British North America at times; didn't take.

And it didn't take for a variety of reasons, most of which are very difficult to reverse in anything resembling a situation where the UK, US, and BNA (and thus Canada) exist in anything resembling historical reality.

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Canada could really easily have gotten part of OTL Maine; just have the boundary dispute resolved differently. I suppose if they hold Fort Ticonderoga throughout the Revolution, they could end up with a lot of Vermont, too - though that'd change a lot of things in the Revolution, because Henry Knox first gained recognition by hauling Fort Ticonderoga's cannons overland to the siege lines around Boston, and that was what spurred the British to evacuate the city.

More than that, I don't think you could get with an independent United States. New Hampshire was one of the thirteen founding colonies; they aren't going to be left in British hands if at all avoidable.
 

TFSmith121

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Except it comes down to the simple fact that:

Canada could really easily have gotten part of OTL Maine; just have the boundary dispute resolved differently. I suppose if they hold Fort Ticonderoga throughout the Revolution, they could end up with a lot of Vermont, too - though that'd change a lot of things in the Revolution, because Henry Knox first gained recognition by hauling Fort Ticonderoga's cannons overland to the siege lines around Boston, and that was what spurred the British to evacuate the city. More than that, I don't think you could get with an independent United States. New Hampshire was one of the thirteen founding colonies; they aren't going to be left in British hands if at all avoidable.

Except it comes down to the simple fact that:

the British have a lot more important things to worry about in the 1770s, and afterwards, and that are a lot closer to home, then ANYTHING in North America.

Basically, Britain's strategic priorities throughout the long Nineteenth Century were:

a) the British Isles;
b) Europe;
c) Mediterranean and points east;
d) maybe the Western Hemisphere, and not necessarily the North American continent.

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