DBWI: Spanish Austronesia

One of the most prominent revolutions during the last half of the 19th century was the Austronesian revolution in which the Austronesian peoples from the Pacific Islands to Australia, spreading to its cities such as Manila and Singapore as the Austronesian peoples revolted for over hundreds of years of rule from their Spanish overlords but also for the cause of liberty, a choice of destiny and nationalism under the central notion of a United Austronesian race.

What if the Austronesian Revolution failed. Could have Spain prevented what was its "India" from falling from their rule?

Note: Yes, I am talking about a Spanish dominated Southeast Asia/Oceania. Pretty much imagine Spanish rule over OTL Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands (Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia).

Plus one if you can include Madagascar. Have fun, can't wait to see what this DBWI yields.
 
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One of the most prominent revolutions during the last half of the 19th century was the Austronesian revolution in which the Austronesian peoples from the Pacific Islands to Australia, spreading to the cities of Manila and Singapore, the Austronesian peoples revolted for over hundreds of years of rule from their Spanish overlords but also for the cause of liberty, a choice of destiny and nationalism under the central notion of a United Austronesian race.

What if the Austronesian Revolution failed. Could have Spain prevented what was its "India" from falling from their rule?

Note: Yes, I am talking about a Spanish dominated Southeast Asia/Oceania. Pretty much imagine Spanish rule over OTL Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands (Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia).

Plus one if you can include Madagascar. Have fun, can't wait to see what this DBWI yields.

To be honest, no. This whole venture was not sustainable, especially not after they lost control of New Spain(now Mexico) and all of their South American colonies(even Argentina!). Only making things worse was the fact that the American Union and Britain were both covertly arming insurrectionists(the latter, as revenge for losing control of their Oceanian colonies in 1828 in the first place) starting in the early 1860s.

OOC: I'm assuming the U.S. has been butterflied? If that was not intended, please let me know, and I'll gladly edit my post to reflect that.
 
To be honest, no. This whole venture was not sustainable, especially not after they lost control of New Spain(now Mexico) and all of their South American colonies(even Argentina!). Only making things worse was the fact that the American Union and Britain were both covertly arming insurrectionists(the latter, as revenge for losing control of their Oceanian colonies in 1828 in the first place) starting in the early 1860s.

OOC: I'm assuming the U.S. has been butterflied? If that was not intended, please let me know, and I'll gladly edit my post to reflect that.

OOC: Hm I will start of with this established that the US has not been butterflied.
 
One of the most prominent revolutions during the last half of the 19th century was the Austronesian revolution in which the Austronesian peoples from the Pacific Islands to Australia, spreading to its cities such as Manila and Singapore as the Austronesian peoples revolted for over hundreds of years of rule from their Spanish overlords but also for the cause of liberty, a choice of destiny and nationalism under the central notion of a United Austronesian race.

What if the Austronesian Revolution failed. Could have Spain prevented what was its "India" from falling from their rule?

Note: Yes, I am talking about a Spanish dominated Southeast Asia/Oceania. Pretty much imagine Spanish rule over OTL Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands (Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia).

Plus one if you can include Madagascar. Have fun, can't wait to see what this DBWI yields.

To be honest, the main reason why the Spanish remained because of their allies.
 
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