1763? You know that in this year, the French colonies in NA were completely lost to Britain? And besides, at that time all of Louisiana (despite being bigger) had only a seventh(!) of the colonists the 13 colonies had. You need an earlier POD. Way earlier.
Well, he didn't say French Bourbons, now did he?
How 'bout this:
Spain never gives Louisiana to France in the early 1800s. When Napoleon's forces invade Spain, the King flees to Louisiana. He proclaims hiself "Emperor of the Americas and King of Flordia". In time, Louisiana becomes the larger economic power in the region under his successors. In the 1820s, they look east as Mexico and South America break ff from the Empire...
How about Kentucky Bourbons? Then they will be American homegrown.
How about the founding fathers, (get rid of libertarians, stronger federalists) want to found a constitutional monarchy, can´t agree on who should be king, and take a distant cousin of the French king as a some sort of ceremonial head of state.
How about the founding fathers, (get rid of libertarians, stronger federalists) want to found a constitutional monarchy, can´t agree on who should be king, and take a distant cousin of the French king as a some sort of ceremonial head of state.
Pfeh. Make Bolivar unable to conquer Peru, making today's Peru and Bolivia stay in Spanish hands and after problems at home make some Bourbon scion flee to America and proclaim himself Emperor of Peru and voilá!
In the 1820s, they look east as Mexico and South America break ff from the Empire...