During the American Revolutionary War, all of the nineteen British colonies in North America and ten colonies in British West Indies unite to win their independence from the British forces. But what if some of them remained loyal to the British Crown?
Other than the thirteen colonies that hold the largest grudge to the Parliament (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, New York, Rhode Island), there was some possibility that the other North American colonies (Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Island of St. John, East Florida, West Florida) as well as the colonies in West Indies (Jamaica, Bahamas, Bermuda, Grenada, Barbados, Honduras, St. Vincent, Tobago, Dominica, Leeward Islands) might not join the Revolution at all. A lesser degree of sympathy toward the Patriot cause, perhaps? Or maybe geographical isolation and the dominance of British naval power precluded any effective participation?
Thus instead of "Nineteen Colonies and The West Indies", there would be only "Thirteen Colonies"...
How would this affect the United States? Or the world?
Other than the thirteen colonies that hold the largest grudge to the Parliament (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, New York, Rhode Island), there was some possibility that the other North American colonies (Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Island of St. John, East Florida, West Florida) as well as the colonies in West Indies (Jamaica, Bahamas, Bermuda, Grenada, Barbados, Honduras, St. Vincent, Tobago, Dominica, Leeward Islands) might not join the Revolution at all. A lesser degree of sympathy toward the Patriot cause, perhaps? Or maybe geographical isolation and the dominance of British naval power precluded any effective participation?
Thus instead of "Nineteen Colonies and The West Indies", there would be only "Thirteen Colonies"...
How would this affect the United States? Or the world?