Would the USA's colonial empire still exist or without the annexation of British colonies would this never happen?
see the last postCan we really call a couple islands in the Caribbean that they get to hold because Spain allows them to use their Floridan ports a "colonial empire"? They got their asses kicked back to the Mississipi and spend more time in wars between the "united" states than doing anything outside their borders.
The Americans also controlled African ports they took from the British and Ceylon was a short-lived colony before it became independent. Surprisingly enough New Zealand and Australia were originally British colonies too before they were annexed into the USA and became part of the Union like Canada. That's why there were many Oceanians that supported the CSA because they wanted to leave the Union.Can we really call a couple islands in the Caribbean that they get to hold because Spain allows them to use their Floridan ports a "colonial empire"? They got their asses kicked back to the Mississipi and spend more time in wars between the "united" states than doing anything outside their borders.
OOC: Whoops, got ninja'd there and didn't notice their post after replying, give me a while to edit.see the last post
The Americans also controlled African ports they took from the British and Ceylon was a short-lived colony before it became independent. Surprisingly enough New Zealand and Australia were originally British colonies too before they were annexed into the USA and became part of the Union like Canada. That's why there were many Oceanians that supported the CSA because they wanted to leave the Union.
We can't have a wanked up USA (so original /S) if this super-Uruguay is the top dog of America.Well, the rise of the Federal Republic of Uruguay (OTL: Uruguay + Southern Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná + Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos, Corrientes and Misiones) to great power and unrivaled hegemon of America wouldn't have happened, given that it required the massive migrations from all around the continent (and later from Europe after their great wars), and the Burning of Buenos Aires to grow so much.
Are you suggesting that America would invade Japan rather than the British?If the GAW never happened, American imperialism would have to turn away from the Caribbean and Africa and towards Asia-Pacific (once California was secured during the concurrent Mexican-American War), if it survived at all.
OOC: Couldn't the American Empire collapse like the European empires, possibly in a GAW 2?OOC: Whoops, got ninja'd there and didn't notice their post after replying, give me a while to edit.
OOC: keep this one in mind:
We can't have a wanked up USA (so original /S) if this super-Uruguay is the top dog of America.
OOC: let's go with that.OOC: Couldn't the American Empire collapse like the European empires, possibly in a GAW 2?