Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-1310192-20121224215413

Hello (and Merry Christmas :D). I have been planning a new TL in which Spain's king Charles III agrees to the policy of turning the Colonies into three dependent nations (New Spain, New Granada and Peru) in the early 1780s.

What would be the consequences of this in regards to the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 (as seen in my title)? Would this cause a more liberal Spain to side with the French from the onset? Would this cause America to side with any of the two sides? 