With a POD either just before, during or right after the Civil War, can you imagine a potential timeline where the HoC is able to create a stable framework of Government in a Republic that doesn't require a strong man dictator (eg Cromwell) taking over?
This is before the concept of Prime Minister or "Parties" so it doesn't seem likely but it means other potential solutions could be found.
If Britain (and I'm using that term in the sense of British Isles rather than Great Britain) really does go full parliamentarian, I imaging Puritan/heavily protestant belief will be brutally enforced everywhere with a centralising state.
But I'd also posit that the Republic would be less likely or willing to set up overseas ventures nearly as much (costs lots of money, far bigger concerns etc.) and this is only a few decades after Jamestown's founding so the English Dominance of the coast is far from obvious. Perhaps more French/Dutch?
Would this damage or aid the spread of Parliaments in the world? What would Britain look like after a Century? Is it even possible?
This is before the concept of Prime Minister or "Parties" so it doesn't seem likely but it means other potential solutions could be found.
If Britain (and I'm using that term in the sense of British Isles rather than Great Britain) really does go full parliamentarian, I imaging Puritan/heavily protestant belief will be brutally enforced everywhere with a centralising state.
But I'd also posit that the Republic would be less likely or willing to set up overseas ventures nearly as much (costs lots of money, far bigger concerns etc.) and this is only a few decades after Jamestown's founding so the English Dominance of the coast is far from obvious. Perhaps more French/Dutch?
Would this damage or aid the spread of Parliaments in the world? What would Britain look like after a Century? Is it even possible?