Nouvelle France (Chaos)

In 1514, sent an expedition to the Caribbean, claimed OTL Hispaniola for themselves, which they called Nouvelle France.

In the 1694, eastern Nouvelle France went to.

1765, the governors of Nouvelle France,, and  declared independence - until France had a king again. Lacking a navy (because the mostly noble captains didn't want to fight for a republic and thus deserted), France couldn't take them back.

Instead, in 1769 king occupied the valuable Caribbean colony for. The other powers protested, since they couldn't interfere. There were rumors that he was killed because of taking it.