A' The Blue Bonnets....

Hmm, would Charles dare march south if France told him theywouldn't support a war with England now? My gut says yes.

Perhaps he could be persuaded along with his father to wait until the next round of Franco-Anglo war to retake London? It could be argued that they will be in a stronger position with years to purge Scotland of Hanoverian supporters and stir up their supporters in England(not that there are many but I am saying what would be used by the French here).

Ireland is a question though. With ireland and Scotland the Jacobites have a tidy realm including traderoutes and the loyalty of the Catholic Irish. With just Scotland they are relegated to de facto satellite with limited population and economics.

England is willing to accept an independent Scotaland they can retake with not quite ease, but assured finalk victory. But a Kingdom of Scotland-Ireland under the Stuarts could pose a threat to London I think.

Well the ball is now in PRince Charles hands and the amount of sucess for the Irish Rising.
 
Fantastic. It's good to see the terms laid out like that.

You've mentioned the armed resistance in Scotland but I'm still not sure about the mood of the common people. Are they starting to warm up more to the Stewarts or is conscription making them chafe. Have the Stewarts done or planned anything that will win the hearts and minds of the people? Any popular policies in mind?
 
The French agreed to the revised terms negotiated by the English, in the belief that Scottish neutrality would be a myth with the Stuarts on the throne in Edinburgh. It was felt quite rightly that they would seek to regain their crown in London. It was also felt that a divided Britain was in the interests of France in any future conflict, even without the potential ally in the North. As such, the Treaty of Breda was seen as a success from the French viewpoint.
 
The Government in London viewed things differently. Pelham, over the next year, ordered a number of large fortresses to be built just south of the Anglo-Scottish border, with the intention that any future aggression from the North would be checked before it could do any harm to the government in London. It also served the dual purpose of stopping any illicit cross-border trade with Scotland. It was openly seen that Stuart rule must be undermined to show how badly England would do if it reverted to the family of the Pretender.
 
 
Following the signing of the Treaty of Breda, at the request of the government of Ireland, the Hanoverian Army was sent to Dublin, where just outside it crushed the Jacobite rising, ensuring the security of the Irish state for the next century.
 
Charles Stuart, the Prince Regent, was furious that the French had, as he viewed it stabbed his family in the back for short term strategic advantage. He lamented that he had lost a major part of his birthright, but made an aim of building support in England up. This was made easier with a nation under the control of his family.
 
Over the following years, depressed at the fact he had lost the crown of England, Charles turned heavily to drink, by the time he succeeded his father as King Charles III of Scotland in 1766, being an alcoholic. His marriage to Marie Adélaïde of France produced two sons, the future King James IX and Alexander. Their marriage was an unhappy one however, with Marie spending most of her time in Scone, with Charles living in Edinburgh.
 
Resistance in Scotland sponsored by the English government, continued over the next decade in Scotland, but eventually it petered out with the leadership one by one being captured until 1754, when Captain Scott was captured and hung in Dundee. The fortunes of Scotland only took an upward turn following American independence, an event which led to Scottish trade with the Americas increase by a large extent.
 
Relations between the English and Scottish governments only improved following the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars, when the two governments found themselves allied against a foreign foe. It also led to the treaty of Newcastle in 1798, when the Stuarts renounced their claim to the English throne.
 
Following the union of England and Ireland, and the defeat of Napoleon, the English Empire gradually grew over the 19th century, with Irish manpower being at the heart of its growth. By the end of the 19th century, it covered a large portion of Africa, along with India and Canada. Scotland also got involved in the colonial game in 1823, with a colonial acquisition on the banks of the Congo River.

One can but query how the world may have turned if the Jacobite rising had failed. British East Africa, rather than its domination by Germany during the scramble? The Danish Congo perhaps? Would Germany have lost its edge in the colonial game? Would Russia have lost the Tsars?

The ponderables are numerous.

The End.
 
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Very nice Fletcher, a short timeline, but a very interesting one! The idea of Scotland profiting from the trade with the independent American was a good solution for the economical troubles. Congratulations!

Just a question, what happened to the Stuarts regarding their religion? Did they remain Catholics? And if they did, how was it seen by their subjects?
 
Very nice Fletcher, a short timeline, but a very interesting one! The idea of Scotland profiting from the trade with the independent American was a good solution for the economical troubles. Congratulations!

Just a question, what happened to the Stuarts regarding their religion? Did they remain Catholics? And if they did, how was it seen by their subjects?
I would guess that eventually they would switch to Presbyterianism. After all, until the Irish influx in otl, the vast majority of Scotland was of that religion. This wouldn't be the case with Charles, his children or possibly even his grandkids though. The Stuarts favoured freedom of religion, so the freedoms of the Protestants would not be at risk.

They would not be popular with their subjects at least in the early years, but over time they would be accepted.
 
Bravo!

The new leadership in both Edinburgh and Whitehall would have had to have been quite levelheaded to preserve peace between the two realms for two centuries, especially once the colonial game heated up.

Nice TL.
 
Sad to see it end, but congratulations on finishing the single best Jacobite TL ever made here! Hell, it might be the best Scottish TL, and is certainly one of my favorites.
 
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