It can be interesting to speculate upon an alternate history, but I beg to differ with your conclusion. What is New England today, if not some kind of lame, southern Canada? Why is the south and the midwest so very different from New England, today, as far as willingness to defend our country?
Today, I would agree with your observation. I can't explain what or why has happened since, but definitely this wasn't the case in 1775.
What is New England today, if not some kind of lame, southern Canada?
Let me quote from another Freeper said back in 2004:
For all the talk of the Civil War and the "Red State/Blue State" divide, the American revolution marks an even greater division, the great gulf between docile, timid Canadians, and brash risk-taking Americans. So the whole idea is a foolish non-starter. Seen from Ottawa and most other Canadian cities, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia don't look that different from Dallas or Phoenix or Houston.