1676: A Discussion Thread

Alright, so I've always been fascinated with Bacon's Rebellion, and what not many people realize is that Bacon ran Virginia and Albemarle Settlement (part of what would become North Carolina) for a little while.

So the big thing here is two potential PODs, Bacon doesn't die on October 26 and maybe a hurricane wipes out the English fleet or the plague strikes Britain, (really just anything that might be needed to cripple the war effort, maybe Queen Anne of the Pamunkey stays out of the fight) meaning that any potential reinforcements would run out of resources quick and the American colonies are mostly on their own.

This is a discussion thread for ideas for a potential TL, so y'all discuss.
 
Like I said before, plague hits England -> People flee to the colonies -> Frontier pushed forward -> More conflicts with the redskins.

After that, Ionno. Maybe he could've held the colonies, maybe England would try to reconquer them, Spain, France or the Netherlands, or one or several of the other colonies.

And they're gonna need someone to sell their tobacco to. How popular was it in Europe at this point?

And how many men could Bacon raise to fend off a major attack?
 
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