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So would you say this is ASB? What if they received British/French assistance? What other options would you say are more plausible? How about Santo Domingo or Puerto Rico? Or let's say Mexicans manage to briefly wrest Cuba from the Spanish but are forced to retire after the Cubans revolt...

What if Spain is distracted with a war in Europe (Say with Britain or France), and a Haiti happens at the same time? Mexico then uses the opportunity to send and army supporting the slave revolt? What if they get support from a rival European country which doesn't want to send troops to Cuba...

During the first half of the nineteenth century there was a debate in Mexico about annexing Cuba. People were concerned that if this was not carried out Mexico would become "a prisoner of the gulf" but ultimately it was opposed by the then president. The threat was serious enough that the...

During the Napoleonic wars British armies played a relatively small role in the war against France, Britain's main job was to use it navy to blockade the French and seize colonies, and bankrolling its continental allies effectively financing their war effort. Is there a way for a first world...

What are the possibilities of "Boer" societies popping up in other parts of the British Empire? that is to say Dutch speaking colonists who lose their colony to the British Empire But retain a separate identity to the modern day and resent the British. It is also required that a large portion of...

George Washington of course.

That would be very interesting.

What would you say is a sensible POD? I would argue 1928 but I'm not that well versed in Japan's history.

What would it take for the Asian communities in the European colonies in Africa to be significantly larger, while the white community remains the same or is even smaller? I remember reading about on British official in Kenya who wanted the region to be "The America of the Hindu" Is this...

What if the Japanese Imperial government was not taken over by militarists? Could a British style government develop in Japan? what would the consequences for the twentieth century be for this? What changes would a more democratic Japan have in its foreign policy?

Let's make it a surviving caliphate of Cordoba with a small break-away state analogous to Portugal.

Assuming somehow that a surviving Al-Andalus manges to cross the Atlantic and take Spain's historical niche, ow would it differ? would a Muslim power behave differently towards the natives?

Flemish Giant Rabbit A large wooden rabbit used to defeat the Spanish forces in the wars of the Spanish Netherlands. Much like the famous Trojan horse from which the idea came, the Giant Flemish Rabbit was accepted as a peace offering and brought inside their fortifications. like in the Trojan...

During the nineteenth century all Polynesian nations were colonised for strategic purposes and remained under direct European rule except for Tonga which became a protectorate and retains its monarchy to this day. What POD would be needed so that most Polynesian nations could have a similar...

AS above would it be possible to have a situation where the person in the White House and N10 Downing Street be a couple? What might be the implications of such a union be in international relations? If not, what high rank in the British or Canadian government would be conceivable for the...

What would you say is a viable POD? 1880s?

Besides keeping Tripoli what other effects would occur from Italy's defeat against Turkey in this war?

What would the consequences be of the noted civil rights leader living through the rest of the 20th Century?

In 1841 Ireland's population was six million today it is still only four million. What would the effects of this be on the British Empire and the rest of the world, during this time a lot of Irish came to find work in England and they are one of the biggest expatriate communities, they also...