Good point on the long winter of 1816-17; will factor prominently into the next update, in fact
L’Aigle Triomphant: A Napoleonic Victory TL
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And in some place the snow was brown and reddish with the ashes falling down and the color of the sky was yellow if we believe the paintings made during those years, no stars in the sky at night.
Abject misery for everyone, even the rich had troubles feeding themselve since almost nothing could grow and it was worse in landlocked country without access to the sea.
Not a happy time ahead on the other hand.
A great migration the new world is likely. This will also be the first test of Napoleon's force in Europe.
North America wasn't sparred and sailing was dangerous because of the freak weather.
So North America is currently not ready to receive immigrants, ok. Latin America has several countries/colonies wanting immigrants. Argentina, Chile, Mexico etc. The Porto-Brazil Empire at that time would be one of those that would encourage this migration to accelerate the development of the Kingdom of Brazil, for example.
it would be a way to reduce the tension between the Portuguese and Brazilians. As mentioned before, there is prejudice of the Portuguese against Brazilians (the queen called Brazil the land of monkeys, for example). But the opposite was also true with Brazilians feeling superior to the Portuguese, considering them lazy incompetents. A newspaper at the time, for example, said this in its article." Caixeiros (Portuguese nickname) reckless with presumption of having a white color, which is the conqueror color or the color of the lords". Basically that the size of Brazil was a feat excluded from the strength of Brazilians and that the Portuguese had very pale skin. (indicating that they never suffered in the sun, therefore they were lazy and cowardly).Cases of violence against Portuguese also occurred several times. In 1820 a Portuguese sailor killed a Brazilian soldier in a dispute. Soldiers from almost all the battalions in the region fell on the Portuguese from the lower city and port, mercilessly beat all the Portuguese they could find and even Brazilians who had families with Portuguese were not spared. Five years later there was an alleged struggle between Portuguese and Brazilians in Rio de Janeiro, which caused more violence by Brazilians against Portuguese in other regions. The rumor was that a Portuguese had murdered a Brazilian, the population took to the streets and started violence against property and people in Portugal. These acts belong to a cycle of violence against the Portuguese that lasted for years and was not gratuitous: it reflected the prevailing anti-Lusitanism in the population as a whole from the lower to upper classes.Another newspaper, a Portuguese, said that Portuguese were hard workers, in contrast to the proud, violent and indolent Brazilians. The newspaper concludes that there is no feeling of sympathy between the two nations. Immigration would be a way to merge these groups.There are also other areas that need immigration, Cape colony for example which is controlled by the Dutch needs to be developed and immigrants would make this development happen faster etc.
If you want an exemple Nova Friburgo in Brazil was founded by swiss migrant but the journey took an heavy toll, sea travel was dangerous because the wind patern were disturbed causing many tempest with enormous waves. Condition at sea was no jokes.
I thought revolutionary France was known for being antitheist, although I'm not sure about Napoleon himself.
Napoleon brought back the catholic church in France back when he was first consul.
Will Brazil try to invade its southern neighbors? I suppose the fact that it’s doesn’t have to go through anymore internal turmoil for independence now that it has it means they can afford to looks elsewhere.
Kinda sorta? There’s reasonable geographic and logistical limits on how far exactly Brazilian manifest destiny can penetrate for much of the 19th century but there’s some very fertile and soft ground for lack of a better way to put it quite nearby
Woo-hoo! Pedro IV and I, The Soldier King, Could earn a new epiteth then: The Conqueror!
I do wonder how Napoleon is in a position to force Britain to return some colonies and pay reparations to France if the French navy is still in crap condition. In the seas Britain still has the power to keep the colonies and not pay France anything. So I wonder what forced Britain to do what it did. And I have serious doubts if the Continental System, even a revised one, is going to hold on for long. Someone ought to wanna trade with Britain sooner or later.
Did Napoleon try to urge the US to invade Canada when it could’ve? I feel Napoleon would’ve definitely tried it. Plus what’s gonna happen to Haiti? My guess is that the Haitian government will try to latch onto Britain as a safeguard against French, Spanish, and American aggression.
Did Napoleon try to urge the US to invade Canada when it could’ve? I feel Napoleon would’ve definitely tried it. Plus what’s gonna happen to Haiti? My guess is that the Haitian government will try to latch onto Britain as a safeguard against French, Spanish, and American aggression.
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IIRC in a previous chapter, Britain sent more troops to the Canadian border and started to negotiate with the US about the impressment issue. Maybe one of Napoleon's successors could be successful in convincing the US to invade Canada?
I do wanna hear more about Franco-American relations in the future for sure.