American Revolution further north but less south

How's this an idea for an ARW- the Eddy Rebellion, thanks to greater public support, manages to seize Fort Cumberland. The presence of the British fortress in Halifax prevents the revolutionaries from seizing all of Nova Scotia, but the British are weakened in the area. Ultimately they end up securing the lands west of the Isthmus of Chignecto for the Patriots.

However, butterflies elsewhere end up having the British remaining in control of Georgia.

So, you have an early American republic that extends further north (no Quebec, however), but less south. How could this work out?
 
Not sure how it could work out, but something tells me that the Americans might still end up with Georgia at some point. Particularly since Georgia includes Mississippi and Alabama at this point.

Nevertheless this is an interesting scenario, it could lead to a surviving Spanish Florida (including West Florida).
And if Georgia survives as an British colony or independent nation it could evolve into a country with a significant Native population. There would be no forced removal from the American part and the ones that are removed form American soil might be dumped in Georgia or they would flee there (if Georgia welcomes them) when the Americans push them westwards.
My guess is that most of Canada, maybe not Quebec and Newfoundland, will end up American at some point.

And due to the loss of Canada the Brits might be more attentive on the Pacific Coast.
 
Spanish Florida...?

Florida was won as a part of the settlement from the 7 years War (Indian War) and was given back to Spain as part of the settlement from the Revolutionary War.
So in this TL would remain as part of the 'Imperial' South (presumably).

Assuming survival through to and also assuming 'occurs' - the ACW would be interesting :)
 
Might the Floridas remain part of the British South though than being given back to Spain due to population matters? It has to be remembered just before the ARW West Florida had a surprising-small, but by no means, uh, mean-influx of Anglo-American settlers, and East Florida by the ARW's end would have a similarly massive influx of Loyalists.

Point being their remaining 'Spanish' is a dead issue in OTL and should be in TTL-the colonial Spanish left in 1763, didn't come back in the second period of control, and Spain ended up giving land packages to Americans anyways just to populate the damn place.
 
In the short term, a big loss for America. After all, the U.S. gains New Brunswick, a small, cold, barely inhabited territory, and in exchange loses Georgia, and thus access to Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Britain could form the region into a pretty formidable dominion given enough time, and is likely to seize at least lower Louisiana during the Napoleonic wars, which probably gives it a decent shot at Texas as well. The further reaches of Mexico will still probably fall to the U.S., if they fall at all however - the interests and powers of projection of the dominion of Georgia are too divergent, and the supply lines too tenuous.

In the long run, I suppose the question is would the U.S. be better served not having the Deep South. Still, I see no reason to assume the U.S. will expand more to the north.

One interesting aside - this means the Cherokee could feasibly survive as an independent polity.
 
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