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So I was thinking about a WI if Andres Novales succeeded in his revolt. This is all coming from the my head right now and thinking about it have severe butterfly effects in East Asia and maybe other parts of the world.
With an independent Philippines, the country would slowly grow and have its own Industrial Revolution in the late 1840s. By then the country would have a decently sized military to protect itself. The Philippines the only Western civilized nation in East Asia maintains good relations with the European and American powers as they trade. Having contacts with Europe and America allows the Philippines to continually bring in Western ideas into the country serving as the hub of all Western civilization in East Asia.
This affects East Asia in a different way. Pre colonial Asian societies curious of a successful nation in Asia utilizing Western governance, economics send students to study in Philippine universities. This in turn would lead to these students returning to their countries and bringing in Western ideas into the country.
By 1860 many of Asia pre colonial nations are on a path of industrialization or are already industrialized like maybe Thailand and Vietnam being industrialized or being in the process. China could have a form of limited democracy while it maintains a Western style military. Japan may follow OTL or may industrialize quicker and earlier. The Philippines being in the game since 1823 has expanded to North Borneo and Taiwan and also holding islands in the Pacific and is a regional power.
By the 1880s all of Asia civilized and with that the transmit of Eastern culture and ideas enter into Europe and America such as Buddhism and Confucianism. The Philippines will be a strong economic power with a large merchant fleet and Navy while China a large Partially Westernized country with massive resources for trade and a large military.
Other:
- Early Dutch East Indies revolt results it dividing into several different countries?
- Early revolt of India?
- The Ottoman Empire seeing the success of the East Asian nations successfully reforms under Tanzimat?
- Asian nations involved in scramble for Africa? (China, Japan?)
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So what do you guys think about all of this? Any thoughts on how this might affect the World? I plan to write this on the ALTHIST wiki and need your opinions and support?