north america

If somehow the British were to take possession of a land in what we know now as Maine from the Treaty of Ghent after the War of 1812 and and later absorbed into the Canadian Confederation, what do you think it would've been called?

After a failed first attempt to start a settlement of Parris Island, SC in 1562 French Huguenots returned in 1564 to try again, this time building their settlement on the bank of the St Johns River in Jacksonville, FL. However after problems with supplies some colonists turned to piracy and...

This is a thread about New Albion, a tl under development for a British Pacific Northwest and Northern California. The POD is in 1763, when the treaty ending the Seven Years War secures a British claim down to the 36th parallel. As a result of the Spanish Colonial Empire being altered, the...

In a lot of alternate history, places like New York or New Orleans are sometimes passed off as an independent city-states. What if that did happen? And what other city-states might pop up?

Is there any way Sweden not only be able to keep, but possibly even expand its colony of New Sweden much longer in our timeline? At least all the way until the 19th or 20th Century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sweden What lead the downfall of the colony? http://www.mceas.org/Williams.pdf

Could after an alternate timeline were the CMC became World War Three and the ensuing chaos after the Nuclear War caused the US, Canada and Mexico to lose some states? Is it possible or not? How would recovery last long? Which states would secede from their mother nation?

Lafayette's Choice: The Story of the Federal Kingdom of America Fireworks over the Ivory Palace during a 4th of July festival in Philadelphia. Prologue It had only been 242 years since the day 56 men, determined to stick a finger in the eye of British colonialism, signed a series of...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_rice Could a succesful civilisation form around wild rice agriculture? It was (and still is) a common food source for groups like the Ojibwe and is now grown as a food source in North America. What other plants could this civilisation grow? Bulrush?

With a post 1890 POD, generate the largest scale war you can, where the primary land theater(s) (or just most of the action) is in either or both of the american continents. Other than that the war should take place after 1900, there are no other conditions. Thanks and have fun.

What if that the mayan cities started to send a large amount of people to new cities toward Guatemala and Honduras and further south over time starting in the mid classic age. When the pop of their cities reach capacity they would gives these people the resource to start the new cities.

Suppose the Classic Mayas, specifically the kingdoms of Tikal and Copan, had explored the North American continent centuries before Columbus? Think of the mystic cities they might have built in the Florida Everglades, the Carolina Coast, or maybe in what is today New England! What would...

Reasons why Canada didn’t became a superpowers? https://www.quora.com/Why-cant-Canada-be-a-superpower-like-the-USA “Other writers have already identified the order-of-magnitude population difference between Canada and the US as the immediate reason. This difference in populations between...

So with a POD of 1900 have Mexico be a first world nation, and also be in a North American ‘Schengen Zone’ (including at least the United States and Canada.) What butterflies would this also have? Would there be less Mexican immigration to the US? Or more because of the North American ‘Schengen...

Ok. So I’m wondering wondering if it’s plausible to get Texas to at least this extent or more with a POD of 1836: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3a/b1/2b/3ab12be461f5a46800b274a37ccb8b7a.png The alternate map doesn’t have to be this exactly, but Texas has to contain all of Modern day...

Unfortunately, I know next to nothing about French North America, other than that they caused a great a deal of distress for the Thirteen Colonies in the 18th century. Is there a time before 1700 when England could have colonized the St. Lawrence, or could have taken it from the French early on...

The challenge is this: With a POD between 1774/76 until 1920, you must unify North America (including Greenland, St. Pierre & Miquelon and Bermuda, Hawaii), Central America (including Panama and the St. Andrew Archipelago), the Caribbean (including Curaçao, Aruba and Trinidad & Tobago) into one...

First thread pls forgib but I need some feedback I'm working on a potential timeline where the war of Spanish succession culminates in a unified French-Spanish empire under a Bourbon monarch (Philip I?). I am at a loss as to what exactly could lead to a FrancoSpanish victory of the War of...

France tried a couple times in the 16th century to start colonies on North America's East Coast but they ultimately failed. However, she later successfully established her hold over the Mississippi basin and Canada. So, for the intents and purposes of this WI, say France's American colonies...

During the time before the arrival of Europeans in the New World, the Maya were one of the most powerful Empires that existed. Between 250 and 900 AD, the Maya Empire dominated the Yucatan peninsula. They built massive cities sporting spectacular stone sculptures, developed intricate...

In OTL, we have three major countries that span the North American continent from the Pacific to the Atlantic (well, technically, Costa Rica and Panama count too, but they're not major in any sense of the word). Your challenge, with a POD no earlier than 1700, is to ensure that no polity in...