The United States and Canada are like two siblings. They live next to each other. They have the same parents and they're a lot alike.

However, the way they both grew up was very different.

The United States achieved its independence through a revolution.

The Canadians, however, didn't

join the American Revolution, even though they almost certainly could have. Learn more about

why Canada didn't join the American Revolution on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. I'm going to go and Many of you might be thinking that the answer to the question why didn't the

Canadians join the American Revolution is easy and straightforward.

The Canadians were loyalists and the Americans were revolutionary's which explains why it happened.

That is a part of the answer, but there's a whole lot more to it and the story actually starts

well before the American Revolution. The English began colonizing the Atlantic

coast of North America. Putting aside the colonies they set up in the Caribbean, they created about 15 colonies along the coast with the number changing over time as new colonies were created.

Along the Atlantic coast were also colonies that were run by France and Spain.

Canada, as you think of it today, simply did not exist.

The event which really changed everything was the seven-year war, also known as the French Indian War in North America.

If you remember back to my episode on the subject, this was basically World War Zero,

insofar as battles were fought all over the globe.

One of the results of the war was that the British as far as battles were fought all over the globe.

One of the results of the war was that the British managed to take the French and Spanish

colonies on the North American coast.

This would include what is today the state of Florida, as well as much of what is today Canada including

Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Quebec Labrador and Ontario. The

British already had small settlements on the island of Newfoundland but it was mostly just small fishing villages with

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