Actually always wondered about that. The Brits seemed way more oriented toward settlement than the French, except for Algeria and even then...Sevarics said:Have French people actually want to move to the colonies
Why such a big difference?
Actually always wondered about that. The Brits seemed way more oriented toward settlement than the French, except for Algeria and even then...Sevarics said:Have French people actually want to move to the colonies
Because France was a good place to live*? That was a major reason why the Netherlands had so little colonists and people actualy moved to the Netherlands instead of away from it. Simply put, if you have a good life, you are not going to move to some backwater on the other end of the globe.Actually always wondered about that. The Brits seemed way more oriented toward settlement than the French, except for Algeria and even then...
Why such a big difference?
Actually always wondered about that. The Brits seemed way more oriented toward settlement than the French, except for Algeria and even then...
Why such a big difference?
Because France was a good place to live*? That was a major reason why the Netherlands had so little colonists and people actualy moved to the Netherlands instead of away from it. Simply put, if you have a good life, you are not going to move to some backwater on the other end of the globe.
*assuming you weren't protestant
Actually those French who lived in New France had a better quality of life than those living in France itself.
The French didn't have religious minorities powerful enough to secure a charter of settlement, nor an impoverished ethnicity to take advantage of, hence why all their early colonies were fur and sugar outposts with just a couple hundred traders. The British had the really rich Puritans and really poor Irish.
The French didn't have religious minorities powerful enough to secure a charter of settlement, nor an impoverished ethnicity to take advantage of, hence why all their early colonies were fur and sugar outposts with just a couple hundred traders. The British had the really rich Puritans and really poor Irish.
So, could it work if the French persecute the Bretons a lot more than OTL?
*assuming you were a member of one of the seigneur families in New France
New England received relatively few of the migrants from England during the 1600-1760 period with less than 5% of the total, but they grew at a far higher rate than in the Caribbean where the white population's growth was negative and in the Southern colonies where there was no natural growth until around the independence.
Except that, unlike the Irish, the Bretons didn't have a specific identity separated from that of the rest of French peasants and burghers.
I thought the Bretons are a Celtic people in France and, unlike the Irish, are the only Celtic group in the national entity of which they were a part. Perhaps an even more pronounced separate identity on his basis.
I thought the Bretons are a Celtic people in France and, unlike the Irish, are the only Celtic group in the national entity of which they were a part. Perhaps an even more pronounced separate identity on his basis.
France granted religious, political and military autonomy (for awhile, anyway) to the Huguenots in the Edict of Nantes. The fact that they wielded this influence probably discouraged their emigration. Only when conditions became intolerable did they start to leave, and by that point the French crown was no longer interested in establishing proprietary colonies, so they went to other countries.
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P.O.D after 1648 punk.
America goes independent in 1776 per OTL, this time gaining all of Canada. The Napoleonic Wars are then much worse, with almost all American territories pulling a Haiti. France invades Britain, and their Indian territories collapse. France eventually loses, but Britain doesn't benefit from it. This leads to a general decline in both France and Britain, giving way to the rise of powers such as Germany. By the end of the 19th century, all that France or Britain have is a few holdings in Africa of about equal value.
I thought the Bretons are a Celtic people in France and, unlike the Irish, are the only Celtic group in the national entity of which they were a part. Perhaps an even more pronounced separate identity on his basis.