Quimley does make her question the system more, but when every other elf she meets seems happy, she doesn't quite have the perspective to start asking the right questions.
I assume the Wizarding community in America once affiliated themselves with the British, right? Was there a Revolution in Wizarding America like there was in Muggle America?
The first (European) wizard settlers in the New World came over with Muggle colonists, so originally they were governed by the Ministry of Magic. By the time of the American Revolution, North American wizards had already formed autonomous territories with only token recognition of the Ministry. They basically told the Ministry at that point that they could handle their own affairs from here on out, thank you very much.
The Ministry threatened to bring them back into line, and even sent some wizards over to try and back up the threat. This prompted the formal creation of the Confederation. It quickly became apparent that fighting a wizarding war across an ocean made no military or economic sense, so after exchanging some harsh words, the split was effected more or less peacefully.
British and American wizards to this day are not overly friendly, (and do not have the special relationship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Relationship) that the US and the UK do).
A short history of Wizarding America
Quimley does make her question the system more, but when every other elf she meets seems happy, she doesn't quite have the perspective to start asking the right questions.
The first (European) wizard settlers in the New World came over with Muggle colonists, so originally they were governed by the Ministry of Magic. By the time of the American Revolution, North American wizards had already formed autonomous territories with only token recognition of the Ministry. They basically told the Ministry at that point that they could handle their own affairs from here on out, thank you very much.
The Ministry threatened to bring them back into line, and even sent some wizards over to try and back up the threat. This prompted the formal creation of the Confederation. It quickly became apparent that fighting a wizarding war across an ocean made no military or economic sense, so after exchanging some harsh words, the split was effected more or less peacefully.
British and American wizards to this day are not overly friendly, (and do not have the special relationship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Relationship) that the US and the UK do).