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Originally Posted by Qubert
The reason being is that after the French Revolution France and Spain were both a mess and the only two empires left standing were Britian and Portugal (which were allies anyway), which means global trade was by now almost totally English speaking (The scramble for Africa hadn't happened yet)
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Are you sure about this? It sounds like something arguable...
France conquered almost all of Europe following the Revolution. She was at her peak for the Napoleonic empire.
Heck, the French troops even got in Moscow, that no one could do since then. Even Louis XIV (the peak of French monarchy) never went that far.
So the consequences of the Revolution are more subtle than just a mess, no matter what English-speakers influenced by the British monarchy think of it.
In the US, I met some people who had little figurines of Napoléon in the cupboards of their dining rooms and they were proud to show me!
They worship the dictator more than the French themselves do.
In any case, no matter what Québec does, France will back them, huh. I can tell.
They want to speak French? That's fine to us. English is only business. That's not the way we talk to our children.