This is the title of an article - http://www.jacobite.ca/essays/if.htm - by Charles Petrie which was first published in the January 30, 1926 issue of The Weekly Westminster.
Petrie imagined that Charles Edward Stuart does not retreat from Derby in 1745. The Jacobite army marches to Oxford, where they defeat the Hanoverian forces and the government surrenders. George II flees to Hanover and James Francis Edward Stuart becomes king as James III.
The reign of Charles III is described as brilliant. Because of his conciliatory policies with the American colonies they remain within the British Empire as part of the Dominion of North America. George Washington is remembered as a great British general.
Henry, Charles's brother, does not become a cardinal and suceeds to the throne as Henry IX.
I am thinking of making this a starting point for a timeline, using the alternate history in the original article as a framework.
Petrie imagined that Charles Edward Stuart does not retreat from Derby in 1745. The Jacobite army marches to Oxford, where they defeat the Hanoverian forces and the government surrenders. George II flees to Hanover and James Francis Edward Stuart becomes king as James III.
The reign of Charles III is described as brilliant. Because of his conciliatory policies with the American colonies they remain within the British Empire as part of the Dominion of North America. George Washington is remembered as a great British general.
Henry, Charles's brother, does not become a cardinal and suceeds to the throne as Henry IX.
I am thinking of making this a starting point for a timeline, using the alternate history in the original article as a framework.