Can I tag on and ask if say Halifax was considered a sort of sister colony in the same way as the 13 colonies before the revolution? Would a Boston Ian look on someone from Halifax the same way as he would as someone from south Carolina or was there a distinction between the 13 colonies and the rest?

I guess maybe I'd also ask about the west indies too? I understand there was a great deal of settlement from the west indies to the southern colonies. Was there any political or cultural tie around the time? Was there any feeling the west indies colonies should declare independence and join the 13 colonies in revolution?

You might interested in these questions from the FAQ section on Canada and the American Revolution:

• Why didn't Quebec join the 13 Colonies' revolution against England? - 94 comments, over 2 years old.

• The comments go into the friction between the largely Catholic Quebecois and the largely Protestant Thirteen Colonies.

• Why didn't other British colonies such as colonies in the Caribbean and Canada fight for independence with the American colonies? - 11 comments, over 2 years old.

• In this thread, changes in British policy as well as the vastly different colonial situation are highlighted explained in relation to independence movements.

• Why didn't the Canadian colonies join the rest of the American colonies in the American revolution? - 24 comments, over 2 years old.

• The flaired commenters in this thread discuss the anti-Catholic actions of certain groups within the Thirteen Colonies in context with what was a mostly French catholic Canada.

• Why did the Canadian Colonies NOT join the war for independence along side American Colonies? - 40 comments, over 2 years old.

• Besides linking to previous threads, some top level comments further down discuss the influx of loyal Scottish immigrants to Canada as a major cause for its continued loyalty to Britain.

• Why did the areas that are now Ontario, New Brunswick, PEI, etc. not participate in the American Revolution? - 8 comments, over 3 years old.

• The topmost top level comment goes deeper into the smaller scale politics and happenings inside Canada that were contemporaneous with the American Revolution.

• why wasn't Canada the 14th colony? - 5 comments, over 3 years old.

• One of the flaired commenters describes in this thread the "fiscal-military" state of Britain in relation to why the British Isles accepted a high level of taxation and why the Thirteen Colonies chafed under a much lower level of taxation.

It's my understanding the Independence movement had 33% public support. Then 33% loyalists and the rest on the fence. So it wasn't necessarily a popular movement. Support didn't really grow until missteps by the British (the Boston Massacre).