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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Protestant work ethic.[/b] Asian people also tend to have a hard work ethic. How many asian Catholics do you know? I know none, but assume there may be a few out there.

Combine that with tropical diseases and heat, which is a problem the South had before air conditioning..[/quote]

Explain Canada.

Also France (in the 17th-18th centuries)

And Spain in the 16th-18th centuries

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Canada, pre-confederation days was ruled by the British having conquered and colonized it.  British institutions and law run much of the country rather than French, the same for cultural habits.   Canadian, English and Scottish ethnicity outnumber french ethnicity. If you doubt it, the Canadian penchant for politeness doesn't come from their French heritage.  Ethnic British and French outnumbered the native population leading to their success. You will note that I mentioned Argentina, there are plenty of comparisons between Argentina and Canada from 100 years back when they had similar numbers of people.

France's colonies were politically dominated by the French, but they didn't have enough immigration to become the numerically dominant ethnic group outside of their North American colonies.

Spain never had enough immigration, and like the French, their colonists instead became overseers that often rule to this day in many of their former colonies.

You're confusing military dominance with culture.  [/quote]

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