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Unlike in OTL, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are Canadian provinces, and have never been part of the U.S.

In this timeline, New Hampshire and Maine are looking at the possibility of secending from Canada and becoming part of the U.S.

Vermont prefers to remain as a Canadian province, and French is a large part of their culture, but they are more anglicized than bordering Quebec.

History went slightly differently - New Hampshire never gained media attention for the presidential primary in 1952, and I'm trying to work out the rest of the history of how it became part of Canada. It was not one of the Thirteen Colonies in the revolt against the British in the American Revolution.

I'm still trying to work out the AH for this scenario and how things would have played out - so finding the POD is the hard part. U.S. and Canadian history is an interesting and new area for me and not something I've studied much in the 15 years since I left high school.

I've tried this scenario for the sake of doing something completely different - U.S. history on this part of the site often covers Presidential or military issues, but here I'm looking at it relating to politics issues and how this affects things for the average John/Jane Doe.

They currently have a small population of Americans, some of them being descendants of draft dodgers from the Vietnam War (draft dodging being an offence in the U.S. but not Canada). Americans from bordering Massachusetts and New York have fled to these provinces in the 1970s, and also in more recent times for Americans who have deep political dissident attitudes (using Wikipedia discussion as a source).

Here, the timeline is around August 2014, and it is a major news story on CNN, CNBC, Fox & Friends etc. and even the BBC (BBC News 24). In this timeline, August 2014 is an important date.

What would be the ramifications and effects on U.S.-Canada relations if this were to happen?

This is very clearly AH, but I'm looking at it as an interesting WI scenario?

I know about the Gadsden Purchase, which involved purchase of territory from Mexico, but here I've written about a very different situation.

Like some other threads, this is a collaborative thread and you can help me with it - experts on U.S. history are welcomed (and rather than vetoing changes, like this discussion, I'll go along with most things as long as they make sense.).

What sort of primary and secondary sources on this could we expect? (for those who like to RP their AH here).
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