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One complaint I've heard about the Domination is...

Why would loyalists shlep out to South Africa after American independence is secured, when British Canada is much closer?

This is a rough draft for an alternate TL where America succeeds in seizing Canada during the revolution

1775: On final review of his plans for the invasion of Canada Benidict Arnold discovers the maps has are in error (a contributing factor towards the Continental Army's defeat in Quebec was that their maps led them to believe that Quebec City was much closer than reality) and he implements revisions to compensate

A better prepared Continental Army overwhelms the defences of of Quebec City, within a month America has de facto control over Canada

1776: The United States of America declares its independence, France, Spain, and the Netherlands declare war on Britain ( the Continental success in Canada is sufficent to secure their support for America's cause)

Benedict Arnold, via his heroic actions in Canada supplants George Washington and becomes Commander & Chief of the Continental Army

1778: Britain secures secret truce with the Continental government (at the time the colonies weren't profitable and France and Spain plus the Netherlands pose a bigger threat) terms are that the United States will take no further overt actions against the crown, and upon conclusion of hostilities with European powers Britain will grant America independence (there will still be skirmishes between British and American forces, but major actions will be the British fighting against the European powers

1783: Treaty of Paris, The United States is officially recognized as an independent nation, Britain cedes all claims to continental North America. The British war with the French and Spanish is largely a stalemate, the Netherlands are the big losers losing their Caribbean holdings and South Africa

With a large loyalist population in North America that has no place to go, Britain renames South Africa the Crown Colony of Drakia and makes arrangements to guarantee loyalist emigration there to offset the Dutch population

1787: The United States implements a new constitution to asert a more stable government

1789: Benedict Arnold is elected 'Sovereign President' of the the Empire of the United States (he will hold office until his death in 1801)

1783-1811: Standard Draka timeline

1812-1816: Naploeonic Wars, the United States remains neutral, With much of the Royal Army fighting in europe the Colony of Drakia's Colonial Army persecutes the war in Africa and helps secure British interests on the continent

1817: France defeated, Britain gains all former French territory in Africa

1825: Colony of Drakia is granted Dominion status, given the wide spread use of Drakian troops to secure Africa, by popular referendum All British holdings on the continent are merged into the Dominion of Drakia

1833-1837: The Slavery Abolition Act comes into Force, the Dominion of Drakia declares it's independence from the British Empire, The Empire of the United States gives "clandestine" aid to the Drakia. Janissary surrenders to British forces lead the Drakia to enlist female auxiliaries to augment their overstretched armies

1842:
With the Britsh unable to entrench themselves and the "horrors" of having to fight women, awell as blockades by the "Drakian" Navy (The EUS Navy flying Drakian colors), The Republic of Drakia is regonized as an independent state

American advisors having worked closely with the Drakan Army return home and implement reforms in American force structure

1845: Texas is annexed by the EUS, the first Janissary companies of the Imperial United States Army are assembled. Recruitment of women into the ranks is fiercely opposed

1847-1849 Mexican-American War, The EUS annexes all Mexican territory, with the ease of conquest the Empire pushes into Guatemala, British and Central American coalition forces push the Americans back to the Mexican-Guatemalan border

1860-1865: Slavery is outlawed in the EUS, the IUS Army resdesignates Janisarry regiments as "Colored" regiments. The Southern exodus occurs as slave owners make their way to Drakia, The Drakian fleet engages in skirmishes against American, British, and French ships to guard transports packed with slaves fleeing America

1867: The Empire of the United States purchases Alaska, Seward's Conquest is highly praised with the Empire now encompassing all of North America

1870-1890: The EUS consolidates its holdings in North America (IUS Army-Indian Wars). The Republic of Drakia expands into Central Africa and begins to dominate the continent, Portugal is the last European power with African holdings

1898-1901: Spanish-American War, The EUS conquers all Spanish possessions in the Caribbean and Pacific, The Spanish Armada is completely sunk. European powers fearing an American invasion of the Iberian peninsula began preparing for war with the EUS. The Drakia take advantge and assert miliatry control over Angola and Mozambique, Portgese governemt cedes its African interests fearing an American invasion of Spain more than losing it's colonies

1902: Treaty of Geneva, The EUS pledges not to invade Spain and asserts that it has no designs for Europe. With complete control over Africa the Republic of Drakia becomes the Dominate of Draka. Rumors about Drakan atrocities in securing Angola and Mozambique (these include the raping of Portuguese soldiers by both male and female Drakan soldiers), are dismissed as being 'colorful exaggerations' by a bitter Portugal

1908-1910: Women suffrage movements worldwide lead to women being treated as equally as men , and military services worldwide begin accepting female soldiers. Britain is seen with disdain and "The two Plagues of Britain" (a reference to the Empire of the United States and the Dominate of Draka) enters common usage by continental Europe

1911-1918: Both America and the Dominate are solidly isolationist, the European powers each view themselves as the guardian against the plagues which the British have wroth upon the world. The Central Powers form, consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungry, and the Ottoman Empire. In response France, Russia, and Italy form the Entente, British attempts to join the Entente fail initially, but Britain accept a junior role after agreeing to French, Italian, and Russian oversight of Indian and Australian independence.

1921-1923: Ratcheting of tensions between the Central Powers and Entente leads to the Great War. Advances by the Central Powers into Russia tip the scales in that unstable country, a Communist uprising overthrows the Imperial government and sues for peace. In the west French, Italian, and British forces have their hands full trying to hold back the Central Powers advance

With Europe distracted the EUS launches an invasion of Central America, seizing Guatemala though Panama in a matter of months

1924-1928: South American countries form a defense pact to protect the continent from American expansion, poor coordination and leadership disputes undermine it and when the dreaded EUS invasion comes resistance is easily scattered, Americans view the South American campaign as "Divide and Conquer at its finest"

With America devouring Latin America both the Entente and Central Powers are desperate for a quick victory, The Entente's prayers are answered by an unlikely source. The Dominate joins the war on the side of the Entente for the price of the Arabian peninsula, the Entente takes it to be a necessary evil, lest America take advatage of Europe's weakened state to conquer every British and French colony left in the western hemisphere

1930 With Ottoman Empire consumed by the Dominate and Ottomans desperately fleeing north and the Entente Armies at the German border, The Central Powers surrender, Britain and France hurriedly ship troops to their western hemisphere holdings

With America to the west (though mercifully across an ocean,) the Draka to the south and now the Soviet Union to the east, The European Security Aliance is formed


That's it for now, thoughts?
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