Right as the agricultural revolution gave way to the industrial revolution, a great deal of factors allowed America to become one of the highest population importers in the world. Britain, now able to support a higher population also managed to become host to a wide degree of immigration, but significantly less so than the U.S.
Your challenge is to create an environment politically and economically in which the historical immigration to the U.S. in the 18th and 19th centuries is successfully transferred to an alternate Britain, making Great Britain a melting pot and keeping the U.S. population from expanding from immigration as in OTL. This includes Irish, German, Italian, etc.
Also, if sustainable, what effect would this have on the economy, culture, industry, politics, etc. of the U.K.?
And of the U.S.?
Thanks.
Your challenge is to create an environment politically and economically in which the historical immigration to the U.S. in the 18th and 19th centuries is successfully transferred to an alternate Britain, making Great Britain a melting pot and keeping the U.S. population from expanding from immigration as in OTL. This includes Irish, German, Italian, etc.
Also, if sustainable, what effect would this have on the economy, culture, industry, politics, etc. of the U.K.?
And of the U.S.?
Thanks.