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IOTL, the Franco-Spanish-Austrian-Russian alliance totally defeated the British-Prussian-Portuguese alliance with several key outcomes. First, Spain forcibly annexed Portugal and its colonies and proclaimed the Iberian Empire. Second, after the battle of Philadelphia on land and the battle of the Chesapeake on sea, Britain was forced to cede all of its colonies and split them between France, Spain, and the Netherlands (which got back New Netherlands). Third, after King George was deposed by Parliament for urging peace and Parliament proclaimed a republic that would continue to fight, the Continental powers launched what would be largest sea-borne invasion ever until the infamous Operation Sea Lion 150 years later, and defeated the Parliamentary forces. Since Parliament had killed off the entirety of the royal family, the young grandson of Louis XV, Charles, was crowned absolute monarch King Charles III of England, and Ireland, Scotland, and Wales all were ruled by Spanish, Austrian, and Russian princes, respectively. How different would things be if the French alliance didn’t totally defeat the British one? Obviously, German unification is delayed, but besides that.
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