British America

Overview


The American Revolution was arguably one of the most important events in modern history. It went on to shape a nation which would become one of the world's major superpowers. The revolution wasn't just an American event; it also lead to Napoleon's rise to power, which ended up forming modern-day Italy and Germany. In this timeline, there are numerous factors that lead to the failure of the American Revolution. The British failed to understand the depth of the Patriot act in OTL, which acted as a slight disadvantage for the British, which was one of the factors leading to the Patriot victory. In this ATL, the French also don't invest as much into the revolution, also factoring to the American failure.

Due to the French not aiding as much as they did in OTL, the French Revolution never happens. There were still protests over France's economic state, although there was no full-on war over it. Napoleon's conquests never happen either. This was what lead to the creation of modern-day Germany and Italy, and in this timeline, states like Prussia and Naples exist to this day. There still were some movements to unify the Italian peninsula during WWI. Tuscany and Naples agreed to form a union and the Papal States ceded a portion of their land to the new union. In 1919, the territories fused into one nation.

As modern-day Germany and Italy never formed, colonies also changed. Venice colonized all of Papua Island, parts of northern Africa, as well as a small part of Indochina. Bavaria colonized a small part of Burma before the British were able to do so, and Saxony colonized a part of Eastern Africa. Various other countries had colonies although they were eventually lost, primarily because of World Wars I and II.

World War I would still be similar to what it was in OTL, as Austria-Hungary's formation was independent to all of the changes made in this ATL. World War II, however, was quite different. Because modern-day Germany and Italy never formed, both Hitler and Mussolini never rose to power. Instead, WWII was caused by Imperial Japan's invasions of China and French Indochina. France, Siam, and China all declared war on Japan. After the Japanese conquered Macau, Portugal joined the war, eventually leading to another World War, against the Japanese Empire and allied nations.

As Napoleon never came to power, France never regained the Great Plains; Mexico is much bigger than in OTL. During the 1830s-40s, numerous Mexican provinces gained independence; Texas still gained independence; Texas still received an influx of immigrants, but from British America instead of the United States. During the 1840s, the new Republic of Texas helped provinces of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Yucatan, and Alta California gain independence from Mexico.

In 1950, the United Kingdom gave independence to their North American colony and held referendums for each state over independence. New York, Massachusetts, and Virginia gained independence. Maine (formerly part of Massachusetts), and the territories of Delaware, Vermont, New Hampshire, and others joined Canada. Every other colony became a new nation, called Colon (meaning Columbus in Spanish). Shortly after, they gave independence to the areas that weren't part of the original colonies; one became the nation of the Great Lakes, consisting of Michigan's lower peninsula and parts of Ohio and Indiana. Due to the general lower population of the other areas, they gave the area to the Amerindians; who hadn't been driven out as much as they did in OTL where America gained independence.