从1759年英军攻克法属加拿大的魁北克城起,加拿大就成为英国的海外领土。尽管在随后相当长的一段时间里,加拿大境内法裔天主教人口占据优势,实际上处于被少数英国新教权贵的统治地位。在随后的美国独立战争和1812年战争中,加拿大都站在了英国一方,即使美国每次发出联合加拿大居民独立的号召,并对此采取了军事行动,但都没能引发加拿大居民的热烈响应。究其原因,主要有两点,首先是英国吸取了北美十三州发动叛乱的教训,给予加拿大法裔人口较大的自治权。加拿大人可以使用法语,信仰天主教,使用罗 From the time the British army captured Québec in French Canada in 1759, Canada became the British overseas territory. Although the French-Catholic population prevailed in Canada for a considerable period of time thereafter, it was virtually in the dominance of a few British Protestants. In the ensuing American War of Independence and the War of 1812, Canada was on the side of the United Kingdom. Every time the United States issued a call for joint independence of Canadians and military action was taken, none of them caused a warm response from Canadians . There are two main reasons for this. First of all, the United Kingdom has drawn lessons from the insurgency in the thirteen states of North America and given greater autonomy to Canadian Canadians. Canadians can speak French, Catholic, Roman