How can we reverse the historical patterns of settlement in North America, so that the French settle in OTL's Thirteen Colonies and the English/British settle in OTL's Quebec and Louisiana? And how would this affect the history of the region?
There’s literally a French Carolina / English Canada WI on the front page lol
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/english-canada-french-carolina-a-timeline.450899/
Oh yeah, didn't notice that... Still, not quite the same though; I was thinking of the French colonising the whole of OTL's Thirteen Colonies, and the English getting Quebec and Louisiana without any French settlements there first.
Well if this new French America attracts the same number of French colonists that our Louisiana and Quebec did then it seems very likely it's slowly encroached by English settlers until it's eventually subsumed or conquered. To keep the east coast the French are going to need a lot more settlement.
Well if this new French America attracts the same number of French colonists that our Louisiana and Quebec did then it seems very likely it's slowly encroached by English settlers until it's eventually subsumed or conquered. To keep the east coast the French are going to need a lot more settlement.
Well if this new French America attracts the same number of French colonists that our Louisiana and Quebec did then it seems very likely it's slowly encroached by English settlers until it's eventually subsumed or conquered. To keep the east coast the French are going to need a lot more settlement.
You are altering an entire region. There would be so many changes it would be hard to list them all. All sorts of things will have different names. I think that overall the treatment of the natives would be even worse than in OTL since the French have no reason to play nice here. They would be much more conquest oriented than in OTL. And the English settlers will be acting like OTL... so overall the natives have no friends here, except maybe if the Dutch keep New Amsterdam as a buffer region between the English and the French, but there is a good chance that will be annexed by one of the two like in OTL.And how would this affect the history of the region?
I have to say that the idea of the British and French both having populated colonies in North America has very interesting potential. Imagine two independent and powerful nations with a violent history that goes back centuries that are known for constant clashes not unlike the North American front of the Seven Years War.
Kind of like Taiwan and PRC, except much more balanced numerically and geopolitically?(And maybe later during the 19th century, the Bourbons could flee there in 1830 or 1848, and FNA could end up becoming independent by default. Which would be interesting for the country's self-image, as presumably they'd see themselves as the rightful continuators of France, rather than a new nation like OTL's United States.)
There’s literally a French Carolina / English Canada WI on the front page lol
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/english-canada-french-carolina-a-timeline.450899/