I'm very tired right now, so please forgive me.
Why do people always assume that if Québec falls, Nova Scotia follows?
And at the first opportunity given for the majority, these opportunities would be revoked since ordinary Americans were not too keen on sharing space with "Papists", particularly if they speak a different language and have an entirely different culture than what most Americans are used to.
But that's the problem. If that were the case, then you'd have the same situation as what happened in Québec in OTL - a small, Anglophone élite minority over a majority Francophone population, which would certainly cause tension. And besides, to most Americans, tolerance didn't really extend to Catholics unless they converted to Protestant Christianity (which is highly unlikely). So the local establishment of the Catholic Church would face massive opposition among anglophones.
Which is highly doubtful and tenuous at best.
The Founding Fathers always were very eager to get the willing inclusion of Quebec in their political experiment. As such, it is to be expected that had Quebec joined the other 14 colonies (if Quebec joins, so most likely does Nova Scotia),
Why do people always assume that if Québec falls, Nova Scotia follows?
at the Constitutional Convention, it would have bargained, and being granted, strong guarantees about its religious and cultural autonomy (and more secure than what colonial British Administration granted).
And at the first opportunity given for the majority, these opportunities would be revoked since ordinary Americans were not too keen on sharing space with "Papists", particularly if they speak a different language and have an entirely different culture than what most Americans are used to.
Early US constitutional and political system granted a minority that was local majority in one or more states, exceedingly ample margins of autonomy, and more explicit guarantees can easily be gotten about language rights and the local establishment of the Catholic church. Given the very ample respect Americans had for states' rights, pretty much everything that did not amounted to discrimination of Quebec Anglos and Protestants would have been acceptable to the rest of the states.
But that's the problem. If that were the case, then you'd have the same situation as what happened in Québec in OTL - a small, Anglophone élite minority over a majority Francophone population, which would certainly cause tension. And besides, to most Americans, tolerance didn't really extend to Catholics unless they converted to Protestant Christianity (which is highly unlikely). So the local establishment of the Catholic Church would face massive opposition among anglophones.
As such, the most likely outcome is that Quebec becomes an integral part of the American experiment.
Which is highly doubtful and tenuous at best.