After reading Ancient Egypt survives…, The Second Carthaginian Empire and others which are such great timelines I decided on something simpler.
In 1917, the USA bought the Danish Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million. The motivation was fear the German would acquire the islands and build submarine bases.
POD. The United States decides to acquire other lands in the New World out of fear of possible German acquisition.
March 1917: United States buys the Danish West Indies for $25 million.
May 1917: United States buys Greenland for $25 million, while the purchase does not alarm Great Britain it worries the Canadians who are now surrounded by the United States on 3 sides.
December 1917: United States buys Dutch Caribbean possessions and Dutch Guinea for $100 million.
March 1918: United States buys French Caribbean possessions and French Guinea for $100 million.
April 1918: United States buys British Caribbean possessions, British Guinea and British Honduras for $250 million.
May 1918: United States passes an amendment canceling the Teller Amendment and annex Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
June 1918: United States annexes Liberia.
November 1918: The Great War Ends, United States Supreme in the Caribbean.
In 1917, the USA bought the Danish Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million. The motivation was fear the German would acquire the islands and build submarine bases.
POD. The United States decides to acquire other lands in the New World out of fear of possible German acquisition.
March 1917: United States buys the Danish West Indies for $25 million.
May 1917: United States buys Greenland for $25 million, while the purchase does not alarm Great Britain it worries the Canadians who are now surrounded by the United States on 3 sides.
December 1917: United States buys Dutch Caribbean possessions and Dutch Guinea for $100 million.
March 1918: United States buys French Caribbean possessions and French Guinea for $100 million.
April 1918: United States buys British Caribbean possessions, British Guinea and British Honduras for $250 million.
May 1918: United States passes an amendment canceling the Teller Amendment and annex Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
June 1918: United States annexes Liberia.
November 1918: The Great War Ends, United States Supreme in the Caribbean.