English World

In OTL, England made colonies on it's own. The first colony, Roanoke, failed. Plymouth of 1620 was a sucess though. But what if instead, it united with Scotland, Ireland, and Brittany, forming the United Kingdom of the British Isles and Brittany? Then England would become dominant.

Nations and Colonies
United Kingdom of the British Isles and Brittany

Cape Cod (UK)

Rhode Island

Massachusetts (UK)

British America Starts
In OTL, the UK was created by merging England and Scotland in 1707. In this ATL, Brittany, England, Scotland, and Ireland merge in 1550. The country is named the United Kingdom of the British Isles and Brittany. When it was created, country-provinces were created: Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, and Brittany. Shortly after unification, they hear of the "New World'. Queen Elizabeth I figures that much territory is unclaimed and wishes to make a colony, and sends a very large fleet of ships (10 for each country province). On May 8, 1552, they depart from Bristol, South West England. Each ship has 3 skilled mapmakers on them, whose job is to map the coastline. Also aboard each ship are 2 men whose job is to measure the distance between the UK and the New World. The voyage takes two months but then they spot land. They have spotted Cape Cod, in present day Massachusetts. A town is settled, named Bristol, after the port they left. Everyone on the boats settles in the town, giving it a population of about 25,386. Next to Bristol, another settlement by 3,678 settlers is made, just west of Bristol. It is called West Bristol because the settlers couldn't come up with a good name. A week after settlement, the mapmakers map the coast. They mapped Cape Cod. When they are finished, the group is amazed at the "arm" they mapped. They return to Bristol and show the town mayor the "arm". Later that day, a group of 100 fishers go on a fishing trip in West Bristol and find a large amount of cod. The West Bristol mayor is informed, and tells Bristol's mayor. The next day he was scheduling a vote on what to name the settlement. He comes up with serveral names to name it:

Bristol Colony

New Bristol

New England

English America

Cape Cod

Cape Bristol

The vote was tied between Cape Cod and New Bristol. So a second vote is taken. This time, the voter picked one of the two. Cape Cod won this vote. Queen Elizabeth is informed of this decision. She is very happy to know that an American colony was started by her country, but suprised to see it is an "arm" shape. She publicly informs London and Dublin of the colony and would like to have people go there and help it expand. 10 more ships with 5,000 people depart from Bristol and Cork ports (5 ships from each port). A month later, Brittany's government is informed of the colony, and sends out 3 ships with 700 people total. The ship from Ireland arrives first. They land in West Bristol. 300 of the settlers stay there while the remaining group settle a town east of Bristol, named Cape Dublin. A week later, the Bristol ship arrives. All the people on that ship to one of the existing towns. The last ship to arrive is the one from Brittany. The settlers on this ship make another settlement, New Nantes. More settlements are made. Within 5 years, Cape Cod has a population of 700,000. New settlements include the Outer Islands (Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and the Elizabeth Islands), Manchester, Provincetown, Plymouth, Cork and West Manchester.

Expansion
Cape Cod Colony's people started founding settlements in present day Plymouth and Bristol Counties. The official government decided to rename the colony. A vote was taken for these names:

New England

British America

Atlantica

Massachusetts

Massachusetts won the vote.

One day 10,000 settlers wanted to form an independent colony. They took mappers and mapped a small colony, Rhode Island, named after the Greek island Rhodes. However, the independent colony was short-lived and its government collapsed. The mayor of Providence, the capital of the colony, asked Massachusetts if they would accept the land of Rhode Island. Bristol's mayor accepted.

Disaster Strikes
On August 10, 1597, a hurricane struck Massachusetts. It devestated the capital, Bristol, and destroyed many government buildings. The hurricane claimed 200 lives.

Three Cities by the Shore
By 1600, Massachusetts was home to a bustling 1,245,985 people. It was VERY densly populated and the government still needed a new capital. Queen Elizabeth ordereded 3 cities on the shore to be built- Boston, Dedham, and London. In OTL, more than 12 towns were incorporated off of Dedham. In this ATL, they don't. Boston was ordered to be the capital. Boston is much larger than it is in OTL.

Counties
In 1621 Massachusetts started using admistrative divisions called counties. Here they are:

Cape Cod County (Cape Cod and the Outer Islands)

Bristol County (mostly OTL Plymouth County, MA, and both Bristol counties, RI and MA)

Suffolk County (mostly parts of OTL Norfolk, Suffolk, Middlesex Counties, MA, includes the Three Cities)

Norfolk County (includes parts of northern Middlesex and Essex Counties, MA, and part of Rockingham County, NH)

Essex County (includes parts of eastern Middlesex County)

Sussex County (includes parts of southern Middlesex County and parts of western Norfolk County)

Wessex County (includes parts of central and western Middlesex County)

Rhode Island County (includes all of Rhode Island except Bristol County and Block Island)

These are the original counties. As time passes on and the colony grows, more counties are admitted. When this happens it will be noted.

Gaining off of France
News reached England and Massachusetts that besides the border between unclaimed territory west and partially north of Massachusetts, they were surrounded by the Dutch-French-Italian Union, a partnership between The Netherlands, France, and Italy. They learned of Massachusetts and surrounded it with colonies owned by those countries. England had to act quick, or it would lose Massachusetts to its worst enemy. The UK sent 10,000 soldiers on 20 battleships to conquer significant portions of present day New England, New York, and Canada. First they targeted unclaimed territory. In a short period of time, Massachusetts gained Worcester, Hampden, and eastern Hampshire and Franklin Counties. After this, Worcester is settled, and Worcestershire County is incorporated (eastern and southern OTL Worcester County). The rest of OTL Worcester County is incorportated into Londonderry County, alongside eastern Hampshire and Franklin Counties. Hampden County's borders are the same as in OTL.