User:Upvoteanthology/Sandbox

Welcome to my Sandbox! Here I gather materials and drafts for the future pages and notes in my timelines!

1200's - 1500's
The French landed on the coast of OTL South Carolina, and began to work their way south. They focused on colonizing the coast, and set up towns around Georgia and Florida. Eventually, they went inland and blocked England from moving south. It caused something of a colonial cold war, and had both countries frequently facing off about their borders. Instead of moving west through OTL Mexico, they wanted to move south through the rich Antillies.

They reached the coast of the Yucatan in the mid-1300's, around the time the Portugese colony in the region began. Over the next 50 years, the barely expanded this colony, and focused on building up their defenses around the English border. They thought that the only threat to them in Belize was the Mayan tribes, but they soon met up with Portugese merchants from just up the coast. They were able to hold defense, as Portugal had just been expelled from Ansuro, and was still weak because of it.

After seeing New England gain independence in 1496, France felt very threatened. With the Portugese colony right on their border, things were mounting. In 1504, France attacked the coastal towns of Mexica and seized their capital. They were able to easily integrate it into their colony, as it was very underpopulated. They gave the northern part of Mexica to Anselia, and the bottom part to Belize. They kept the main region as French Mexica, which became mostly French-speaking by the mid-1500's.

Division of the French Colonies
There were different names and cultures for each region of the French colonies in Erikson. The main region they colonized, which they named Louisiana, was a powerful region who quickly urbanized in the 1600's. But the region they colonized in the later centuries, which was in OTL Texas, became known as Anselia (after Francis Ansel, the French explorer). It was a mostly farming culture, and relied more on slaves than Louisiana did.

The Antillies colonies were even more diverse. While Avalon went to the British (OTL Puerto Rico), France was the first to colonize the region. The first place they reached, which was OTL Cuba, became known as Antillia. Much like Louisiana, it focused on urbanization, and became a very stable regional power. However, OTL Hispaniola became known as Kalinago, and became a hub for slavery. Most of the area is now desert, because their trees have been farmed to near-extiction.

The other two colonies in France were in the south. Mexica, which was once a Portugese colony, became one of the poorest French colonies. While the French overtook the Portugese in the region soon after they took it over, the king still treated them very poorly. He gave little to no aid, and many slaves were stuck there after they're freedom, as it was very cheap to live in. Belize, the other Southern colony, was a lot like Anselia. However, many of the people in the region tended to respect nature, leading to vast gardens and parks in public places. It's been described as the most beautiful French colony.

Disambiguous Countries
For countries that I'm hesitating to put (or keep) in the timeline.
 * California -
 * Alaska -
 * Peru - 
 * Patagonia -