As earlier thread I like to know what implications a united Netherlands and Belgium could have on the 19th century.
Let assume there will be a August revolt, however this revolt peter out due to a firm reaction of the crown prince, his brother and the leaders of the ad-hoc erected civil guard of Brussels. The revolt however due to this revolt King William I will abdicate within 2 years in favor of his eldest son and the emerge of the liberals. The Liberals of the South and North will find each other an d will remain in power for the next decades.
Languages is not a real problem, but religion is, how ever never violent.
William II will die in 1849 as in OTL but with a longer reign which he spend most of his time in his beloved Brussels which inherent many buildings, city improvements and dept form him.
William II will be followed by Alexander his 2nd son. Alexander suffered in OTL from an accident during a storm in The Hague, which now will not happen. Alexander was the favorite of his father and mother who regarded their older son as unstable. More people shared this opinion since no one insist of taking the crown after his first refusal while he was in London.
What will be the effects on the 19th century:
Will there be a re-connection with the Boer republics in the first halve of the 19th century. This happened in OTL with some traders/skippers form Amsterdam but never materialized in constructive cases, like the purchase of Delagoa Bay ( South Mozambique) from the Portuguese. If purchased would there be a large dominion/colony in OTL, N-S Rhodesia and Katanga and a British Congo?
Would the Gold-Coast see more successful plantation systems and recognized as lucrative market for the industrial products of the Motherlands? Would this result in a purchase of the Danish Gold coast possessions and eventual in a trade to aqua re the British Gold coast trade post?
Will the pacification/colonization of the Indonesian archipelago and Malayan peninsula go faster, at the expense of the British, due to the much larger export and demand of the industry of the Kingdom?
How will the relation be with other European powers?
Great Britain,
Prussia
Kingdom of Hanover
Russia
Austria-Hungary
France
How will it react on conflicts like the German Danish wars, The Austrian-Prussian war.
If occurring which position will it take in a a Franco-Prussian conflict.
If self confident what kind of diplomatic endeavors would it under take?
Will it try to get East-Frisia, Bentheim which is an appendix to the Kingdom Hanover?
Would it try to get French Flanders?
Would it be an aggressive player in the Empire building during the last quarter of the 19th century?
Would it stay neutral or, since now a medium sized nation highly industrialized with a relative large overseas empire, will it be seduced to commit it in an alliance?