DBWI: Britain as a Colonial power
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John Fredrick Parker
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Well, it seemed to be off to a good start prior to the Seven Years War -- had a nice stretch of colonies along the central east coast of North America, and some Caribbean islands, and I think some factories in India (I'm less than clear on the early colonialism in India).
Maybe if they won that war, or just managed to keep those islands, they could have grown into a real empire, like Spain before or France after...
Maybe if they won that war, or just managed to keep those islands, they could have grown into a real empire, like Spain before or France after...
How? I guess by Britian you mean those bits of France and Norway and Ireland that make up what the Romans used to call Britannia.
How far back are we allowed to go? 1066 would have to be completely different - that might do it.
What Language would English be?
{Sorry - I was going for Harold losing Stamford Bridge - the north going to Norway and the South to William the (pick comment of choice)}
How far back are we allowed to go? 1066 would have to be completely different - that might do it.
What Language would English be?
{Sorry - I was going for Harold losing Stamford Bridge - the north going to Norway and the South to William the (pick comment of choice)}
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Eh. The English like their "little island." Their idea of the world was indicated in the semi-famous headline, "Fog in Channel; Continent Cut Off."
Remember: All Empires Are/Start Local. If they'd actually managed to hold onto Scotland (and then perhaps went on to take over and keep Ireland), maybe they'd have gotten more of a taste for expansion. Maybe.
Remember: All Empires Are/Start Local. If they'd actually managed to hold onto Scotland (and then perhaps went on to take over and keep Ireland), maybe they'd have gotten more of a taste for expansion. Maybe.
ooc, we posted practically simultaneously, but your line of thinking is more entertaining than mine.
ic, English? are you thinking, what, Latin and icy outback Viking/barbarian blend, or something like that?
I guess English would be based on old saxon - with the norwegians defeated in the north and William beated in the south .....
OCC I was thinking Galic for northern Scotland and Ireland, a form of norse for the Islands, lowland scotland and the north of England and Norman French for the south in this TL's 'real' world
OCC I was thinking Galic for northern Scotland and Ireland, a form of norse for the Islands, lowland scotland and the north of England and Norman French for the south in this TL's 'real' world