I'm working on an alternate timeline with a British Empire that has successfully made the following settler colonies (in addition to OTL):
-Patagonia (Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, and Rio Grande do Sul in land size, over the course of several decades of expansion)
-New Caledonia
-Cuba
-at least 2 or 3 more settler colonies in Africa (I'm not sure where)
-Belize including Peten from Guatemala
-Bay Islands
-Providence Islands
But lost:
-Province of Canada
-Bermuda
-Bahamas
-Rupert's Land (sold)
-British Virgin Islands (sold)
In this version of the British Empire, how would the British attract settlers to those colonies? Where do you think the majority of British settlement would go, and who else would join the British (from other European countries)? And how would those colonies develop over the next 2 centuries? Which ones do you see remaining as 'territories' and which ones going independent?