If we imagine a scenario where you get an independent Empire of North America like in Thande's Look To The West, I can imagine you have an alternate USA but with none of the anti-imperialist ideology. In this situation then, is it possible for them to get involved in overseas colonialism, after the frontier runs out in the 1890s, and come to fully believe in an imperialist mentality?
If so, I'm very interested in people's thoughts on how decolonisation would work. It would seem like they would be in a qualitatively different situation from the European colonial powers in OTL, in that they have a loyal manpower base five or six times larger. Would that mean that, unlike France, Britain and Portugal, they actually have enough troops and money to hang on to places that IOTL colonial powers had to give up?
If so, I'm very interested in people's thoughts on how decolonisation would work. It would seem like they would be in a qualitatively different situation from the European colonial powers in OTL, in that they have a loyal manpower base five or six times larger. Would that mean that, unlike France, Britain and Portugal, they actually have enough troops and money to hang on to places that IOTL colonial powers had to give up?