Rush Tarquin
Gone Fishin'
I'm not knowledgeable about this era, so i need some help. Imagine a world with the following three PODs. Give me some direct consequences and predictable butterflies from these and how you think these events would affect the rest of the 19th century. Assume butterfly minimalism and that the butterfly effect snowballs very slowly. Tell me if you think any of these PODs directly preclude eachother (ie. not due to chaos theory butterflies) and why:
*1786: After the first Ranchos are being set up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, gold is discovered in Alta California.
*1815: Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana are kept by Britain at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in exchange for the return of the Seychelles and Mauritius.
*1834: The Civil War in the Portuguese Empire concludes with Miguel, backed by Spain, remaining on the Portuguese throne. Dom Pedro dies and Maria is forced to flee to friendly Brazil, where she sets up a new shadow government which is doomed never to return to Portugal, bar two minor, unsuccessful invasions. Due to naval power, British support, and Brazil's ties to the slave trade in Angola, Portugal's overseas colonies end up under de facto Brazilian control, in a caretaker capacity for Maria and her heirs, becoming de jure part of Brazil as part of a deal to back an invasion and through dynastic crossover, ie. the Brazilian Emperor becomes the Pedristo claimant.
*1786: After the first Ranchos are being set up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, gold is discovered in Alta California.
*1815: Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana are kept by Britain at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in exchange for the return of the Seychelles and Mauritius.
*1834: The Civil War in the Portuguese Empire concludes with Miguel, backed by Spain, remaining on the Portuguese throne. Dom Pedro dies and Maria is forced to flee to friendly Brazil, where she sets up a new shadow government which is doomed never to return to Portugal, bar two minor, unsuccessful invasions. Due to naval power, British support, and Brazil's ties to the slave trade in Angola, Portugal's overseas colonies end up under de facto Brazilian control, in a caretaker capacity for Maria and her heirs, becoming de jure part of Brazil as part of a deal to back an invasion and through dynastic crossover, ie. the Brazilian Emperor becomes the Pedristo claimant.