I know there were Germans in Venezuela but it was pretty much under the Spanish, so I'm just curious as to how some serious German colonies of either the independent states or the German Empire could have ended up with some lands in the new world.
The central european german states were so weak and divided for that.I know there were Germans in Venezuela but it was pretty much under the Spanish, so I'm just curious as to how some serious German colonies of either the independent states or the German Empire could have ended up with some lands in the new world.
Well the House of Hanover built a mighty empire...
So uh... why'd they not just give it to a second son or something?Bavaria under Ferdinand Maria considered colonizing the area around New York (don't ask me how they planned to do it); Brandenburg (pre-Prussia) got some forts on the Gold Coast in Africa they later sold to the Dutch. Courland likewise had colonies in Africa and the Caribbean. I don't think it's IMPOSSIBLE for German colonies, just supremely difficult.
Which had JACK to do with Hannover itself. Why do you think George III had to use HESSIANS in the ARW? The agreement was that Hannover would contribute not a plugged nickel to Britain's empire. It was even illegal for the Hannoverian king of England to use the Hannoverian army to defend ENGLAND against the Jacobites IIRC
Bavaria under Ferdinand Maria considered colonizing the area around New York (don't ask me how they planned to do it); Brandenburg (pre-Prussia) got some forts on the Gold Coast in Africa they later sold to the Dutch. Courland likewise had colonies in Africa and the Caribbean. I don't think it's IMPOSSIBLE for German colonies, just supremely difficult.
Which had JACK to do with Hannover itself. Why do you think George III had to use HESSIANS in the ARW? The agreement was that Hannover would contribute not a plugged nickel to Britain's empire. It was even illegal for the Hannoverian king of England to use the Hannoverian army to defend ENGLAND against the Jacobites IIRC
Maybe the Adelsverein's attempt to create a German homeland in Texas. They had even very good relations with the Natives.I know there were Germans in Venezuela but it was pretty much under the Spanish, so I'm just curious as to how some serious German colonies of either the independent states or the German Empire could have ended up with some lands in the new world.
I think it was the "German Adelsverein's" approach in Texas.@djf64360 I think that was in the 1840s, and from a quick check-up the issue was that his wife didn't want to leave Germany. If you muck about with the timeline on the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War, I could see a situation where things spin out of hand in a different direction pretty quickly.