Quebec would gain its independence in 1783 after years of fighting for independence. This would forever change the world through butterfly effects, the first of which being... 1. The United States achieves a far greater victory in the War of 1812. Known in this timeline as the War of 1808, disputes over territory and boundaries in the Midwest region between Quebec and the United States would result in a stronger American military. Stronger militaries and an earlier discovery of British support for Indian raiders leads to war breaking out in 1808. With British forces tied up in Europe, the combined might of America and Quebec splits the eastern British colonies between them, in exchange for payments and the establishment of an Indian confederacy. The loss of the majority of Britain's North