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Hey Guys,
A popular POD in the American War of Independence is to have Quebec also rebel against British rule and succeed in gaining independence. The more plausible aftermath of this is to have Quebec become a separate Republic, while the 13 Colonies still unite into the USA.
But what would the future relations of Quebec and the United States be like? Without the British in control of Quebec I expect we'd see people migrate northwards with the view of Manifest Destiny, and potentially the American government may want to absorb Quebec at some point. When the British gained Quebec in 1763 it had a population of "approximately 54,000 French-speaking, Roman Catholics", which obviously expanded over the next couple of decades. But if we see an independent Quebec with a large amount of American settlers might we see a 'Québécois Revolution'? In which the American settlers rebel against what's likely to be a French government with potential aristocracy (depending on how 'liberal' Quebec is after their own revolt against Britain).
If this revolt were to occur against Québécois rule, when would the population of American settlers have revolted? Early 1800's I'd take a stab at, though I'm not good on migration numbers.