The North American continent is made up of the United States and Canada. Canada was born in the throes of three wars.

The reason why we want to mention the birth process of Canada is because it has a great reference for Ferdinand in the development of North America.

North America is a dish that is too big.

Needless to say, the United States has one-fifth of the world's GDP, one-fifth of its food production and industrial output, and is extremely rich in resources.

There is also the vast and sparsely populated Canada to the north, with an area of 9984670 square kilometers, ranking second in the world, the Pacific Ocean in the west and Newfoundland in the east, and the population is mainly along the Great Lakes in the south, which is about the size of the British mainland. Timber stock is 19 billion cubic meters, fresh water accounts for 7% of the world's total, and arable land is nearly 70 million hectares.

If these did not belong to Ferdinand at the moment (timber and arable land should be developed later), at least he had access to the Canadian fishing grounds, the abundance of cod that Newfoundland produces.

But this dish is so big, how can I not eat it with a bad stomach? Although it seems to be "thinking too much" to think about the aftermath before the mouth is opened, the bitter lessons of Britain have been repeated in the long river of time. The independence and rise of the United States imperialism is definitely a nightmare for the suzerain, British Columbia lost a lot of territory before joining Canada, all of which were lost to the United States, and finally the Oregon territory was lost, and the Columbia River could not be saved, and finally Britain accepted the 49th parallel in the western sector, and the capital of British Columbia had to go to Victoria, "the capital guards the country", in order to show its determination not to cut the land again.

Regarding British rule over Canada, after the Seven Years' War between Britain and France, Canada developed into a bilingual national character in English and French. On the one hand, because of the love and adherence of French descendants to their culture, on the other hand, the British rulers practiced flexible means of rule, implementing the Quebec Act, and the French civil law was still applied to civil proceedings, and English law was used only in criminal cases.

The lesson Ferdinand learned from this was to be lenient, not to exploit, at least not excessively, because of the vast territory on which the future would be founded.

However, Ferdinand knew that Britain's policy towards the 13 North American colonies was not as "brutal" as described in the official history, and behind this was a mess of conflicts of interest, for example, after the end of the Seven Years' War, North America felt that it no longer needed British protection, and it didn't even matter whether Britain raised taxes or not, and the colonies probably didn't want to be represented in the British Parliament at all, and they had long had independent wolf ambitions.

Of course, there is also an important factor related to the future of Canada. Britain's Quebec Act brought Ohio under Quebec's jurisdiction, blocking the way for the North American colonies to advance westward, and sparking discontent in North America. British policies appeased the French population, but angered the 13 British colonies.

At the same time, the privileges granted to Catholics by the Quebec Act were unbearable for a large number of North American Puritans.

There are also all kinds of stories that have to be told about the westward expansion between furriers and pioneer farmers.

It seems that if Britain had been releasing restrictions on westward expansion and had collected less taxes, everything would have been fine.

But the underlying problem is that Ferdinand sees a major problem in the history of the United States and Canada, which is that many North Americans do not see themselves as British anymore.

If North Americans really think of themselves as British, how can there be such a bastard logic as "because we don't need British protection anymore, so we want to be independent"? It's a bit like the situation on the other side of the strait today.

You must know that it was the 18th century, and the future four Dominions of the British Empire were quite loyal at this time, and even the Indians were obedient, of course, the Indians would not regard themselves as British, but the British expatriates of other white colonies still had the consciousness of "being a member of the British Empire", after all, Canada, Australia and New Zealand's loyalty to the British Empire would last for a long time, and at that time, not many people thought about whether there was a difference between the "British Empire" and the "British" people.

An example can be found in Canada to the north. Canada did not respond to the war of independence in North America, not even Quebec, and there was a feeling of resignation after losing the battle, and of course, there was also the fact that Quebec was economically dependent on the British.

What's more interesting is that the great development of Canada, the American Revolutionary War made a great contribution - because there are still a considerable number of North Americans, "loyalists", who consider themselves inhabitants of the British Empire, so they fled to Canada with their feet, which brought two precious gifts to Canada - (1) the large English-speaking population increased Canada's poor population base, and changed the society and culture of Canada's French-speaking predominantly French-speaking society, and the English-speaking culture became dominant; (2) The tradition of unwavering allegiance to the British crown allowed Canada to be protected and supported by British power, and with the support and impetus of the British, Canada was saved from being annexed by the United States, and Canada's territory expanded greatly westward as far as the Pacific Ocean, becoming the second largest country in the world larger than the United States.

This contrast is even more peculiar in the case of the United States, which is not simply a matter of colonial centrifugation.

Because, when Britain lost its 13 colonies in North America, it strengthened its presence in Canada and Australia, colonizing and immigrating in large quantities – and the state-driven component rose so much that Canada, Australia, and New Zealand's allegiance to the British Empire lasted for 300 years, and is still closely related to this day.

Ferdinand first grasped the point of "North American Puritans" - it seems that many of the people who go to North America are "non-mainstream" people in England?

Completely spontaneous immigrants are not necessarily Puritans, but there must have been a number of "non-mainstream" people, it is not clear how exactly, but they must be more or less "non-mainstream", such as some people who may not want to see the land of Britain again in this life.

There are many prisoners who go to Australia and New Zealand, but prisoners are not a scarce resource anywhere, and evil is also a part of human nature. It's okay to be a new person after transformation. Ferdinand remembered that he had read a novel by Sandezi before, the protagonist was sentenced to be shot, and when he woke up, he was not serving the motherland as a nanny in a parallel world, of course, Ferdinand did not guarantee that he had such an awareness, maybe it would become a reason for him to completely cut off his belonging to his previous life, just like the North Americans......

In any case, it is still useful for Ferdinand to restrict the flow of some "non-mainstream" people into the Americas, and the government's project to promote immigration must also be promoted. Jews, pagans, and, most troublesomely, later Protestants, were basically not allowed to be brought in unless they were "naturalized."

North America rejects the non-mainstream.