colonization

As we know, Greenland is part of the Danish Realm. Originally, it was colonized by the Norse, and then abandoned, and later Denmark-Norway recolonized the area. Greenland was technically part of the Kingdom of Norway, but after the Napoleonic Wars, and the Treaty of Kiel, Greenland (Along with...

When discussing Liberia Timelines a few common questions come up: - The climate of the region - Where can ex-slaves go that is not oppressively humid and full of tropical diseases? The OTL spot chosen for Liberia is pretty wet even for West Africa - Existing peoples and polities - Where can...

The admiral himself, like any self respecting Frenchman, he had facial hair of sorts. The establishment of the nascent French colony that would be know one day as Brasíl or La Antartique for much of its colonial history starts humble like any nation does, an certain French admiral by the name...

Recently there have been a number of "what if x country colonized x region" threads here, so I might as well continue that trend. I'm currently working on a TL where the Kalmar Union survives, and one of the big knock-on effects of that is that Canada (plus most of New England) will be colonized...

What is the most likely scenario where one European country ends up controlling all of the Americas until at least the late 1700s. How do two entire continents under one flag develop from there? The first part of this scenario is the challenge I pose, and it can be done by any means. The second...

Let's suppose Portugal manages to enter a personal union with Leon instead of what happened in OTL. I won't discuss how plausible this scenario is. I'm more curious to know about what would happen specifically during the Age of Discovery and the colonization of America. Here is a map to what I...

A lot of the timelines and discussion about the Norse exploration of North America I've seen tend to focus on the initial discoveries and settlements, and wether or not it would be feasible for them to survive on their own. I think that makes a lot of sense narratively, but lately I've instead...

With the implementation of the Jones Act (1916) and the sucessful efforts of Governor Harrison in staffing many spots with Filipinos in the colonial bureacracy in the late 1910s, it was expected that the colony would be capable of self government, and would be given independence after a certain...

An interesting point in history, is that our Courland's colonization efforts. The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Modern-Day Latvia), which was a vassal to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, under Duke Jacob Kettler, made attempts in colonization in the Caribbean and Africa. The Duchy of...

So in this case let's say Punjab / Panjab/ the Sikh Empire realizes what is happening around the world and, quickly industrializes and westernizes in 15 years i.e. 1831 to 1846. How does this change history after that?

This is sort of piggybacking off of the current Christopher Columbus thread as well as my previous thread on Native Americans, but I've actually had this thread bumping around in my head for a while. It is well known that the European colonial powers (plus their successor states) in The Americas...

In the 1950s, Nikita Khrushchev suggested that the Lithuanian SSR should annex Kaliningrad oblast. Irl, Antanas Sniečkus declined this offer as it would give Lithuania a massive russian minority. But, what if he accepted? Would Lithuania be subject to the same colonization by Russians like...

What if the English and French colonies in North America were flipped? By this, I mean that the French colonize the eastern seaboard from Georgia up to Maine and the English colonize Canada and Louisiana. The Canadian Maritimes could go either way. How large would the populations of a French...

Is it possible that there could be a plausible Scandinavian nation in North America that controls all of the eastern half of the US? (canada as well, maybe.) If so, what could cause it to come about? How would it evolve and get independence? Not necessary, but ideally it would have a large mix...

I know, I know, it's hard af, but do you guys think there is at least a small possibility? venetians, iberians and/or the genoese can also be involved. Pedro Álvares Cabral took ~40 days from Portugal to Brazil, so maybe the byzantines will take ~70 days, if the mission is successful?

On the battle of Cannamore, the Mamluk Sultanate assisting the Kingdom of Calicut would win against the Portuguese in 1506 destroying the possibility of a Portuguese Naval Empire in the East although the focus of the Portuguese would now be in Africa instead at this point, forcing them to focus...

Brazil is unique in South America. Besides being one of largest nations, it is also the only one to speak Portuguese. This is due to the Treaty of Tordesillas, where Spain got most of the New World, and Portugal got Brazil, which eventually expanded over the next three centuries until it's...

If the Reformation never happened, say Martin Luther, Jean Calvin and other reformers weren't born and Henry VIII doesn't do that thing, what would the effects of that be on the European colonization of the Americas? This TL assumes that the Church would eventually reform itself, because even...

Union of The Three Crowns: The History of The Nordic Empire Chapter 0: Prologue For better or for worse, the world from 1492 to 1945 was dominated by Europe. During this time, the great empires of Europe, whether the British, French, Spanish or Russians were the main players on the global...

On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln stated in a State of the Union address the viability of a federal territory for African-Americans in the United States. In the belief of Lincoln and the Union government at the time, the purchase of any land can help African-Americans live in a free society away...