Alternate history of Canadian Maritime provinces

Then Canada might be more religious than the US. It was the Puritans which started a long tradition of religious zeal in the US.
 
Then Canada might be more religious than the US. It was the Puritans which started a long tradition of religious zeal in the US.

Its not about the whole Canada, If Nova Scotia colonized by English Puritans then the course of history how would have changed?
 
They were colonized after the Peace of Paris 1763 by Yankees, so in a very real way they ARE Puritan. The vast majority of Loyalists who headed over to the Maritimes after 1783/the American Revolutionary War were from New England as well, and solidified the culture as Yankee (albeit as Yankees loyal to the King).

But until 1755 New Englanders settling the Maritimes is impossible because until then they were settled by Acadians as the French colonial Province of Acadia. Even from 1710-1755 (British conquest to the Great Upheaval) 'Nova Scotia' was still full of these colonial French.
 
With a POD at the time of Champlain (first decade of 17th century), we could have the settlement at Port royal fail, meaning that Acadia would never exist. If what is otl the Canadian maritime provinces was still only inhabited by the mi'kmaq come 1650 or so, puritan settlement of the area would totally be possible (it would probably become a northern extension of new england). Probably, in this scenario, you'd see french Quebec fall to the English much sooner than otl, because an english-controlled maritimes could easily cut Quebec off from France. I'm not sure what you could expect after this point though.
 
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