Unbalance

Unbalance is an alternate timeline guided by the principles of the logical extrapolation of a butterfly effect. By altering a single, somewhat innocuous event, this timeline explores the vast myriad of changes that result of that difference. In Unbalance, the altered event is the Treaty of Utrecht, signed in March, 1713. In our timeline, the treaty of Utrecht was a series of individual peace treaties and accords signed between the great powers. The two greatest achievements of the Treaty of Utrecht were the division of the Spanish Empire following the War of Spanish Succession, and the end of France's territorial ambitions. In the Unbalance Timeline (UTL), the Treaty of Utrecht is much the same, save for a single key difference: France refuses to cede Newfoundland to Britain. This increases tensions between France and Britain, setting off a chain of events that is collectively known as the Unbalance Timeline.