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Okay, so I'm working on a timeline where the Diggers seize power in Britain in the late 1790s.
Here's how it goes:
The Royalists win the English Civil War
The Stuart regime, predictably, is extremely repressive, inefficient, and rather unpopular, fostering similar sentiments to what was seen in France in OTL
At about the time, a lot of common people dissatisfied with the current government turn to radicalism, and the ranks of the diggers ironically grow, despite the movement being illegal.
Due to the Stuarts' apathy towards their colonies, the colonists actually don't really care that much and do not rebel.
In the 1770s, the King forces an act similar to OTL's Act of Union, which majorly pisses off the Scots.
In the late 1780s, all of this tension boils to the surface, and a massive revolution (sort of like the French Revolution) breaks out, followed by mass executions of the nobility, multiple bloody civil wars, and several failed governments.
In the late 1790s, the Diggers manage to take power (ironic wording considering how anarchistic they are, I know) and eventually manage to stabilize things.
In the American Colonies, several republics are declared as the shock from the British Revolution wears off. The House of Stuart-in-exile settles in Virginia.
In Europe, an event similar to the Red Scare, only 110+ years early sweeps across the land. It is especially prominent in France, which, like Britain, was on the Brink of collapse. France readies itself for yet another War with Britain...
In Britain, the Diggers are feeling increasingly threatened by French aggression. In addition, factions begin to emerge that desire to spread the revolution to the rest of Europe, perhaps the world. They find themselves needing to prepare for war and to centralize power a bit (though they're still really libertarian)...
I'm not gonna tell you guys what happens after that...
Okay, so, if you haven't figured it out, this TL is basically sort of a British version of the Napoleonic Wars only with weird proto-communism! This is just the first draft of the TL, and the reason I'm posting it here is so people can give me critiques on what I screwed up and maybe suggestions for some cool ideas if they are so inclined.