America speaking Dutch, Brazil speaking English

In this scenario the entire OTL 13 colonies gets settled instead by the Dutch, with Dutch being the main language, they somehow don't loose an equivalent of the French and Indian wars to the French. They then become an independent constitutional republic and inspire the French Revolution etc before being just like the OTL United States in the 19th century - westward expansion, civil war etc. The British get Brazil, as well as later Australia and New Zealand. The Netherlands' colonial empire post-loosing America is the same as OTL.

When would Brazil get independence from Britain?
How would Brazil be different?
How would the status of English and Dutch be different?
Would America have a special relationship with Britain, or with the Netherlands?
How would Britain and the Netherlands be different?
 
To pull that off, at the minimum all the XVII Netherlands needs to stay united, even in such a scenario additional settlers from elsewhere are still very helpful.
Dutch would at the least have a similar global importance as Portuguese, probably more if TTL the United Dutch Colonies manage to gain and settle the same area as IOTL the USA eventually did. ITTL the Cape (of Good Hope) stays Dutch and thus instead of OTL Afrikaans, there will be Afrikaans Dutch instead.
A stronger Netherlands might be able to not become a total junior partner of Britain, which they somewhat ironically became after the Dutch conquest of Britain by William III of Orange-Nassau (Hollandic branch). Britain, as an Island, is still much better protected from large land powers, so whereas both prefer to be naval powers, the Netherlands will be forced to retain a land power, thus empowering the Nassau Stadtholders. The Army was and is pro Orange, the IOTL Republican negligence of the Army, which in part lead to the disaster year of 1672, can in part be seen as a way to curtail Orange-Nassau power. However France, England*, Sweden*, Cologne and Münster (*= backstabbing former allies, the Stuarts did manage to restore their Orange-Nassau close relative ((AFAIK the first non Stuart in the line of succession) and a host during their exile (certainly while they were in Breda)) to power though) attacked and in their time of need (my ancestors were Catholics from the Generality Lands) they turned to the commander (Captain-General) of the Dutch Army William III of Orange-Nassau, who turned out to be a very gifted commander and was poised to become the hero of Protestant Europe.

As for the special relation is it purely culturally being 'mother' and 'daughter' or does power politics also play a role? Moreover IMHO nowadays the special relationship seems to be more British than American, I'm not saying the USA doesn't value it, but as a Global Great Power other considerations can trump that (roles probably were reversed in the Victorian Era).
Power always plays a role, but with a healthy mother daughter relationship, there could still be a TTL special relationship.
 
In this scenario the entire OTL 13 colonies gets settled instead by the Dutch, with Dutch being the main language, they somehow don't loose an equivalent of the French and Indian wars to the French. They then become an independent constitutional republic and inspire the French Revolution etc before being just like the OTL United States in the 19th century - westward expansion, civil war etc. The British get Brazil, as well as later Australia and New Zealand. The Netherlands' colonial empire post-loosing America is the same as OTL.

When would Brazil get independence from Britain?
How would Brazil be different?
How would the status of English and Dutch be different?
Would America have a special relationship with Britain, or with the Netherlands?
How would Britain and the Netherlands be different?

A more realistic scenario would probably be them keeping control of New York and that area, and eventually owning most/all of New England.
 
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