Who would get France's island territory after the Napoleonic Wars?

JJohnson

Banned
Let's say Britain refused to have France regain her island territories seized in the Napoleonic Wars. Would the British parcel them out to allies as rewards or try to keep them all herself? And who would get which islands?
 

pompejus

As the UK handed back most Dutch colonies and gave Sweden st. Bart, my guess would be that the British would share them with their allies, although keeping the best parts themselves.

Who would get what? Not sure. the Netherlands possibly st Martin. Maybe the Brits keep French Guyana, while they return British Guyana to the Netherlands (thus British Guyana would be Dutch Guyana, while French Guyana would be British Guyana).

BTW for what reason won't the UK return the colonies to France.
 

Gonzaga

pompejus said:
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Who would get what? Not sure. the Netherlands possibly st Martin. Maybe the Brits keep French Guyana, while they return British Guyana to the Netherlands (thus British Guyana would be Dutch Guyana, while French Guyana would be British Guyana).
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French Guiana was invaded and ruled by Portugal (or better, by the Portuguese government in Rio de Janeiro) during the Napoleonic Wars.
 

Iserlohn

Bourbon/Bonaparte/Réunion would most likely go to the British (just like the rest of the nearby islands), Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and most of the French Caribbean as well (excluding Guadeloupe, St. Barts and St. Martin who would go to Sweden, Sweden and the Netherlands respectivly). French India would also be awarded to Great Britain (it always bewildered me why they even gave those ports and factories back in the first place?). When it comes to the Guyanas, well the Portuguese/Brazilians would most likely get the former French portion.
 
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Maine

Iserlohn said:
Bourbon/Bonaparte/Réunion would most likely go to the British (just like the rest of the nearby islands), Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and most of the French Caribbean as well (excluding Guadeloupe, St. Barts and St. Martin who would go to Sweden, Sweden and the Netherlands respectivly). French India would also be awarded to Great Britain (it always bewildered me why they even gave those ports and factories back in the first place?). When it comes to the Guyanas, well the Portuguese/Brazilians would most likely get the former French portion.
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I'm sorry but this is completely unrealistic... France abandonned Ile de France (Mauritius) and Seychelles then why would they accept the British and the Dutch to take St. Martin, St. Barts, Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guyana?? They're not idiots. And unlike Louisiana, many French people lived on these territories. St. Barts has always been overwhelmingly Breton and Norman (very few African slaves) even under the Swedish rule.
 

RPW@Cy

katchen said:
And while we're on the subject of France's island territories, who get's Corsica?
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Britain, it almost happened OTL so it will in this ATL. As for the rest, Britain was reluctant to acquire more slave territories - abolition was pretty clearly an issue approaching over the horizon - so if they're not handing back to France they'll be parcelled out to various allies. Britain would keep most of the free and free-ish territories though.
 

raharris1973

Gone Fishin'
the probable gainers, seem to be the more boring ones

Sweden, Netherlands and Portugal.

More interesting, though less probable/plausible, would be gains by Prussia, Russia, Austria, Piedmont or Naples.
 
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