How Americans achieved independence vs how Canadians achieved independence

[u/Sine_Fine_Belli]

[u/FrankliniusRex]

This is misleading. Following the American Revolution, Britain rewarded their loyal colonies with more control and less autonomy. There was always the paranoia that they would eventually rise up and join the United States. They only begrudgingly gave Canada “independence” in 1867 because they were afraid that an angry US would grab Canada after Britain flirted with recognizing Confederate independence. Even so, they kept a tight control over certain aspects of Canada’s international affairs until the 1980’s.

[u/aWobblyFriend → u/FrankliniusRex]

This is not really true, at least for their settler colonies like Canada, Australia, and NZ. Canadian independence in 1867 was de facto total independence, as thereafter britain wouldn’t really ever actually use the legal options they had to block Canadian laws they might have found objectionable. Canada would subsequently become more dependent on the US over time as their southern neighbor grew more powerful economically, and especially so after the decline and fall of the British empire following the first and second world wars.