Colonies of the English Commonwealth

[xt828]

Originally Posted by Alex Richards

How about the Hanovarians. They were defiantly protestant.

...yes? And this is relevant to Commonwealth England how?

[Bill Cameron]

Originally Posted by Alex Richards

Sorry you should have specified that.

Alex,

Looking again at the OP's single sentence What-If, How do you think the colonial game play out for England if it managed to become a stable republic during the Commonwealth years?, there's no mention of Cromwell at all, only a "stable republic".

How more specific do you need him to be?

Well there are going to be conflicts with the Dutch (two maritime trading powers, both operating out of the North Sea-English Channel area).

Agreed. A more militarily efficient England is bad news for the Dutch and successes against the Dutch might pull more of England's colonial attention east.

With regards to North America and the Caribbean, many hardcore English republicans and others who couldn't live with the Restoration for various reasons bugged out for the colonies there. It seems every colonial-era village in western Massachusetts and Connecticut has a legend about an old exiled NMA soldier taking his sword and armor out of hiding and leading the community's defense during King Phillip's War.

What would the effect of royalist exiles in North America be?

... and the commonwealth will probably stay out of foreign wars, so there's no Marlborough either. The French will probably end up with more of Germany.

The OTL Commonwealth showed no such compunction. It fought the French, Dutch, and Spanish at various times and most likely will oppose any continental hegemony as all Engish/UK governments have.

Also, while you can't call it the "United Kingdom", the Commonwealth did unify England, Ireland, and Scotland before the UK did. What would be the most likely follow on effects of that?


Bill