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Great English Empire
as another part of my ATL, one of the more significant world powers is the british empire (it actually goes by a different name in the ATL, but thats irrelevent for this discussion). this will be a bit more complicated than the aztec history because the POD is much earlier. here's a rough historical outline from months ago:
EDIT: ive redone parts of the timeline
1305: scottish war of independence. british victory over the forces of william wallace
1337: hundred years wars. possible POD is that britain wins and france becomes a puppet state for a period of time (possibly until the OTL french revolution)
1348-1350: the black plague. possibility here is that the british are less affected by teh plague
1550s: british renaissance begins. cultural changes as in history occur, but other changes in terms of architecture also come about so that theres more magnificent-looking castles and cathedrals than in OTL england. a possible POD here is that the british renaissance goes on longer than in actual history and supersedes all other european renaissance movements, even if its not necessarilt by much
1570s: british support of mayaztec resistance (see "Early Modern Aztec Empire")
1583: newfoundland becomes the first british colony in america
1607: jamestown
c1650: Oliver Cromwell; possibilities are that cromwell could be defeated and executed. thoughts?
1665: second dutch-british war (same as OTL)
1757: battle of plassey; possibility of POD here in that the british lose and dont colonize india, but this is subject to change
1770-1781: american revolutionary wars (virtually the same as OTL)
1788: new south wales
1801: merger of great britain and ireland to form a new, greater empire analogous to the UK
1812: anglo-american war.infantry fighting breaks out in canada so the brits have to send some troops over there to help, but lose anyway. not only are they forced to recognize american trading rights with france, but they also lose the greater part of canada (roughly west from the southwestern tip of ontario to james bay) AND they lose the napoleonic wars after napoleon returns from exile
1815: Battle of Waterloo; Wellington and von Blucher are killed, the german states are annexed by france (austria-hungary pretty much takes germany's place in history)
1816-1821: the "Channel Wars" between britain and france, where napoleon continually tries to invade the british isles, but never succeeds, until his death. his heir calls of the war because its too expensive. (sidenote: napoleon dies on the same day as in OTL and his death is officially attributed to cancer, but there are rumors that he was actually poisoned by british or prussian assassins)
1865: britain and america go back to their former "parent-and-child" relationship and become full allies by the turn of the century
c1890: Second Boer War; the dutch win, so the brits give them back south africa
theres a few other things to keep in mind for this ATL: it remains an imperial monarchy and employs a political and aristocratic system about halfway between an absolute and constitutional monarchy, so while there IS a parliament and it has alot of influence, alot of its members are hereditary nobles and the emperor can overturn any decision made by parliament (similar to the american congress and the president, but parliament cant force a law if the emperor vetoes it). they also maintain colonialism through to the modern day, so the parts of canada that they continue holding, australia, new zealand, and select other places continue being dominions of the empire
i also already worked out the part about canada on another board, so i dont think ill need to work out much about that
EDIT: ive also attached a map of former british colonial possessions for quick reference