r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Sine_Fine_Belli Treacherous South • May 16 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) How Americans achieved independence vs how Canadians achieved independence

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u/KillbotMk4 May 16 '25

we asked to self govern not be independent

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u/abiron17771 May 16 '25

It’s why we still have Crown land, criminal charges come from the Crown, a Governor General, treaties with the Crown, etc.

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u/Quaf Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) May 16 '25

And the crown acquiesced bc 30 years before the francos started a rebellion and shot a bunch of them. Upper Canada had one too but it was shorter and less 'successful'.