France Wins The Seven Years War

France wins the Seven Years War by being more victorious and not letting the war turn out in favor of the British in 1759-1760 and by winning the Battle Of The Plains Of Abraham which determined the fate of North America.
 
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Treaty Of Paris (1763)
Treaty Of Paris

In 1763 the Treaty of Paris is signed, France keeps New France and gets Acadia and Newfoundland back from Britain as well as demanding some sugar colonies in the Caribbean as well as Rupert's Land from Britain. Spain keeps Florida and the French keep Louisiana because the French wouldn't of gave Spain Louisiana for compensation for Spain losing Florida and Spain would gain Brazil from Portugal. The British colonies will stay apart of Britain because they would of been extremely difficult for France to hold.
 
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Future Of The French Colonists
Future Of The French Colonists

French colonists will expand westward from the Saint Lawrence to the Great Lakes and southward into Louisiana to expand. This influx of French colonists moving from the Saint Lawrence and France to the Great Lakes and the Ohio River Valley will result in a population boom for the French colonies in the near future due to high birth rates and higher immigration rates. There will be more industries such as agriculture and new industries such as factories in the Great Lakes and Ohio River Valley areas in the future because the fur trade will eventually be in decline when New France eventually industrializes and acquires new industries in the near future. The Great Lakes and the Ohio River Valley are not the only places the French colonists will be moving to a lot of them will also be going to the newly acquired Rupert's Land which in this alternate history timeline was handed over to France by Britain in the Treaty Of Paris in 1763 this area like the Great Lakes and the Ohio River Valley will acquire more and new industries in the near future as well.
 
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I think Britain will try to retain at least some part of Newfoundland for their fishing interests. Whether this will be agreed...In the Caribbean France will certainly take Antigua, and St Kitts and Nevis, and probably some smaller islands as well. French ownership of St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada and, theoretically, Dominica is of course confirmed. Basically Britain will retain Jamaica and Barbados, and not much else. France should also obtain some territory in India.

France will now have to make a real effort to promote settlement in its north american colonies, perhaps by opening them to settlement by Catholics from elsewhere in Europe? Maybe we'll see German Catholic and Polish immigrants? At first I think increased settlement will be concentrated in Acadia and Louisiana, but gradually settlers will filter into Upper Canada, and then the Ohio Valley. St Louis, only founded in 1764, and district, will grow considerably in importance, more quickly than in OTL as a link between the colonies of Canada and Louisiana and a centre of trade with First Nations. However I think it will be a long time in the future before there's any real settlement in Rupert's Land; there are so many other areas that are more attractive or easier of access. For a long time it will just be fur trappers and coureurs de bois forming settlements of metis.
 
If France won the Seven Years War I could basically see what is now present day Canada resembling France and basically being a much larger version of what is now Quebec and what was formely Acadia. While the present day US especially the parts that are south of the Great Lakes and inbetween the Mississippi river and the Appalachian mountains resembeling present day Canada because of the heavy influence of both Anglo and French cultures.
 
I think Britain will try to retain at least some part of Newfoundland for their fishing interests. Whether this will be agreed...In the Caribbean France will certainly take Antigua, and St Kitts and Nevis, and probably some smaller islands as well. French ownership of St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenada and, theoretically, Dominica is of course confirmed. Basically Britain will retain Jamaica and Barbados, and not much else. France should also obtain some territory in India.

France will now have to make a real effort to promote settlement in its north american colonies, perhaps by opening them to settlement by Catholics from elsewhere in Europe? Maybe we'll see German Catholic and Polish immigrants? At first I think increased settlement will be concentrated in Acadia and Louisiana, but gradually settlers will filter into Upper Canada, and then the Ohio Valley. St Louis, only founded in 1764, and district, will grow considerably in importance, more quickly than in OTL as a link between the colonies of Canada and Louisiana and a centre of trade with First Nations. However I think it will be a long time in the future before there's any real settlement in Rupert's Land; there are so many other areas that are more attractive or easier of access. For a long time it will just be fur trappers and coureurs de bois forming settlements of metis.
Defiantly, the new foundland fisheries where considered the " Nursery of the nation" where the futer of both brition and Frances navel seamen would be "made" and where so important that it was considered a major concession that France was allowed the 2 small islands it did keep.
 
I wonder if this scenario might lead to the longer term survival of the Haudenosaunee Confederation? The English colonies, hemmed in as they now are by French territory, will still covet their land. The French won't need their lands - they have plenty of room for settlement in Upper Canada and further west - but may find it useful to support the Confederation as a sort of buffer state against the more populous English colonies.
 
I wonder if this scenario might lead to the longer term survival of the Haudenosaunee Confederation? The English colonies, hemmed in as they now are by French territory, will still covet their land. The French won't need their lands - they have plenty of room for settlement in Upper Canada and further west - but may find it useful to support the Confederation as a sort of buffer state against the more populous English colonies.
How did the Haudenosaunee Confederation interact with the French?
 
Economic Situations After The War
Economic Situations After The War

After the Seven Years War Britain is hit extremely hard by debts after the Seven Years War but in this alternate timeline Britain is hit even harder from the economic disasters after the Seven Years War because they lost their Caribbean sugar islands and Rupert's land in the Treaty of Paris. France is hit extremely hard as well to but it pays of these debts off much faster in this alternate timeline because they got more sugar islands in the Caribbean and Rupert's Land from Britain.
 
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Britain in this timeline like in real life would still ban settlement west of the Appalachian mountains that they don't start another conflict and possibly a war with the French and the Native American tribes.
not to mention that west of the Appalachians is claimed by the French before the war, so unless they decide to be generous in this peace, they'll likely keep on claiming that region.

Canada's population boom from high birth rate, historically, sans outside immigration, is doubling every 20 years or so. Starting at 70ish thousand, it's going to be quite a while before there's a great influx from natural growth. Growth can be plenty sufficient to control the region, but I hope you don't intend to turn New France into the equivalent of OTL USA as quickly

There's an excellent TL on population growth of New France : https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/earlier-permanent-settlement-of-new-france.311666/
 
Anglo Americans After The Seven Years War
Anglo Americans After The Seven Years War

After France won the Seven Years War the British keep their colonies because they would be extremely difficult for France to hold because of the much higher Anglo and Protestant population which was around 2 million to be exact. The Anglo Americans wanted to expand westward no matter what and since France doesn't have the population they couldn't do much about it and along with that they probably wouldn't want another war with Britain and their colonies so France would just let the Anglo Americans establish their own separate communities in the French North American colonies especially the ones that are south of the Great Lakes and in between the Great Plains and the Appalachians with areas being around the Ohio River Valley being a perfect example. France would probably pass something similar to the Quebec act in this alternate timeline like Britain did in our timeline but it applies to the Anglo-Americans in the French colonies to give them incentive to stay neutral in their own separate communities and have stuff like freedom of religion, common law, and English language schools and not rebel against France very similar to how Britain did in our timeline with the French Canadians. The Anglo Americans establish their own separate communities in the French colonies due to cultural, linguistic, and religious differences compared to the French Americans and French Canadians that would expand westward and southward.
 
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Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution

The year is around 1780-1800 France and their colonies are the first ones to industrialize instead of Britain in this alternate timeline. France passes laws in this alternate timeline like Britain did in our timeline but they are a little bit different. France in this alternate timeline passes a law that only people that are loyal to the French could work in factories or start factories and then there are other laws that France passes such as no spreading the idea of industrialization outside of France or the French colonies. The French government would offer a lot of incentive for people and businesses to move to the French North American colonies in order to populate them with French colonists that they aren't underpopulated in the near future. The job opportunities in the French colonies would cause a lot of French people from France to move to the French colonies because of the industry, job opportunities, and to make a better life for themselves and their families. With the mass migration of people from France and the larger French population in the near future would mean that the culture war between the French and the Anglo Americans south of the Great Lakes and in between the Great Plains and Appalachian mountains would eventually come to an end with French culture becoming dominant but still with a very strong Anglo influence from Anglo American settlers. The culture in between the Great Plains and the Appalachian mountains would be very similar to that of present day Canada in our timeline but with a little more French influence.
 
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Major Industrial Cities In New France
Major Industrial Cities In New France

With the Industrial Revolution going on in France and the French colonies major cities develop in New France because of the industrial boom these cities include the largest cities which are Montreal and Quebec of course but they include cities like those in the French colonies that are in the present day American Midwest such as Detroit, St Louis, Vincennes, and then newer Chicago. Chicago still exists in this timeline because it was founded by a French Creole settler in 1833 from Santo Domingue named Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable so Chicago will still exist in this timeline but it will exist much later on. Then with the cities like Port Royal that are in the Acadia and Newfoundland area will probably have a Maritime/Shipping industry because they are closer to the Atlantic Ocean than a city like Montreal or St. Louis. The Industrial revolution would also urbanize and advance New France because of the new industries that are in the major cities such as textile mills, steel mills, and so much more. The textile mills will be around the more eastern parts of the French colonies such as French Canada and what is now upstate New York. The steel mills will be around the Great Lakes and the Ohio River Valley areas like it was in our timeline. While the Maritime industry like what I just said earlier will be around the Acadia and Newfoundland areas due to their proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. What was British Rupert's Land in our timeline and before the Treaty Of Paris in this alternate timeline is where the fur trade will eventually die out and end in the French colonies due to the industrialization in the bigger major cities.
 
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