Here is a rough timeline for my "1776" timeline:
POD: Washington loses the battle of Trenton at Christmas; is captured and executed.
1777: Further losses at West Point and Richmond weaken the Rebel cause, as well as dissuading crucial support from France, Holland and Spain.
1780s: Rebels defeated yet unconquered; Parliament's punitive desire fails, Lord North resigns and Earl of Chatham becomes PM for a few months until his death; is replaced by Charles Fox. Amnesty Act is passed and the Intolerable Acts repealed.
1790s: Pitt the Younger becomes PM, designs to reform the 13 Colonies into five fully self-governing Dominions within the Empire. Controversy rages in America but revolution is mooted. British control at this point includes Florida and Transappalachia as well as Canada and the Thirteen.
1800s: On July 1, 1801, the British North America Act takes effect and five new nations are established:
The Dominion of the West Indies is created in separate legislation two years later.
In 1808, the British Parliament outlaws slavery in all crown colonies but cannot outlaw slavery in the Dominions. But to vex the Colonials, the British Parliament separates each Dominion by what is called a King's Chain.
1810s: The King's Chain Rebellion starts in Virginia after John Marshall of the Crown Court of Richmond finds that Dory Jones, a slave from Florida, crossed the King's Chain (a strip of land two rods wide) and thus stepped into British Imperial territory where slavery is illegal before stepping into Virginia. Riots ensue, Marshall (not to mention Dory Jones) hide from the lynch mobs. The Virginia and Florida Parliaments claim the King's Chain and set up a possible war with Britain...
To be continued
POD: Washington loses the battle of Trenton at Christmas; is captured and executed.
1777: Further losses at West Point and Richmond weaken the Rebel cause, as well as dissuading crucial support from France, Holland and Spain.
1780s: Rebels defeated yet unconquered; Parliament's punitive desire fails, Lord North resigns and Earl of Chatham becomes PM for a few months until his death; is replaced by Charles Fox. Amnesty Act is passed and the Intolerable Acts repealed.
1790s: Pitt the Younger becomes PM, designs to reform the 13 Colonies into five fully self-governing Dominions within the Empire. Controversy rages in America but revolution is mooted. British control at this point includes Florida and Transappalachia as well as Canada and the Thirteen.
Having not financed the American Revolution, the French are spared from their own--at least temporarily; likewise Holland avoids fiscal crisis. These countries re-direct their energies into more extensive colonization--and shipping malcontents to the other end of the world, particularly Australia and New Zealand (Thomas Paine settles in the Dutch settlement of Flushing (Auckland) in the North Island whilst Georges Danton founds an eponymous colony near our Nelson.)
1800s: On July 1, 1801, the British North America Act takes effect and five new nations are established:
- Canada (basically Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes)
- New England (east of the Hudson, including NYC)
- Pennsylvania (west of the Hudson, i.e. most of upstate NY, NJ, Del and Md.)
- Virginia (and North Carolina)
- Florida (Georgia and South Carolina)
The Dominion of the West Indies is created in separate legislation two years later.
Europe is aflame. The French, British, Spanish and Prussians are at each other's throat in what will be called the Ten Years' War. Americans send only a token force in Britain's aid and even that is naval. One of the consequences of this is that the Republic of Louisiana (one of whose founders is Thomas Jefferson) is formed, a buffer state between two hostile empires.
In 1808, the British Parliament outlaws slavery in all crown colonies but cannot outlaw slavery in the Dominions. But to vex the Colonials, the British Parliament separates each Dominion by what is called a King's Chain.
1810s: The King's Chain Rebellion starts in Virginia after John Marshall of the Crown Court of Richmond finds that Dory Jones, a slave from Florida, crossed the King's Chain (a strip of land two rods wide) and thus stepped into British Imperial territory where slavery is illegal before stepping into Virginia. Riots ensue, Marshall (not to mention Dory Jones) hide from the lynch mobs. The Virginia and Florida Parliaments claim the King's Chain and set up a possible war with Britain...
To be continued
