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POD: No Iberian Union results in (Catholic) Portugal and (Protestant) Britain remaining close allies. After the War of the Spanish Succession, Britain helps Portugal greatly, and British-loyalty and navigation rights are secured over not just Gibraltar and Menorca but the rest of Andalusia, the Balears, and portions of Murcia and Valencia too. Eventually, the Muslims in the Maghreb decide they want some of that too and pledge to remain forever in alliance with Britain and Ireland as well as with Iberia. By 1775, the Atlantic Union is emerging as the dominant power in Europe and North Africa.
POD: No Iberian Union results in (Catholic) Portugal and (Protestant) Britain remaining close allies. After the War of the Spanish Succession, Britain helps Portugal greatly, and British-loyalty and navigation rights are secured over not just Gibraltar and Menorca but the rest of Andalusia, the Balears, and portions of Murcia and Valencia too. Eventually, the Muslims in the Maghreb decide they want some of that too and pledge to remain forever in alliance with Britain and Ireland as well as with Iberia. By 1775, the Atlantic Union is emerging as the dominant power in Europe and North Africa.
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