Well for preventing the Carilst Wars you need to have either a son for Ferdinand VII of Spain (maybe either Isabella or Luisa Fernanda is born as male or they have a brother) or no child at all instead of his OTL daughtersAnyways, there's a number of changes that would be better for the world. I think one big one that's not often discussed would be a liberal king being born for Spain in the 19th century, avoiding the Carlist Wars.
They could then avoid those devastating series of civil wars that racked Spain IOTL and reform it to be freer and more modernized. A liberal Spanish Empire including Spain, Puerto Rico, the Phillipines, and possibly even San Domingo could be a positive force in the world. They probably get a bigger piece of Africa, butterflying the Belgian Congo. And though they won't be as strong as France, Britain, or Germany, they will be an influential power that might serve to reduce tensions between those nations or act as a balance of power.
What is assured is no Carlist Wars or Spanish Civil War to kill a shitload of people.
That's what I was going for. Yes, no children would also work, but it's far less likely and I'd rather Spain be liberal. A son sympathetic to liberalism would be the best of all scenarios, and would lead to the Spanish monarchy finally accepting a liberal constitution that conservatives couldn't really fight if it comes from the King.Well for preventing the Carilst Wars you need to have either a son for Ferdinand VII of Spain (maybe either Isabella or Luisa Fernanda is born as male or they have a brother) or no child at all instead of his OTL daughters
Basically the question is if you could change one event pre 1900 and make whatever alternate events of that timeline true what would you change? Basically you could create a real alternate history timeline. Me, I would have the Anglo Saxons beat William the Conquerer at Hastings because I think that the English language and culture was so much cooler without the French influence, and if the United States still existed in this timeline, I'd have a much more awesome language I'd be speaking.
At that point better a son from his third wife than one of the fourth (as she was the bride less related to him: first was a first cousin, the second a niece (and at that time Portugal was really imbreded between themselves and with Spain) and the fourth another niece and herself daughter of first cousins)That's what I was going for. Yes, no children would also work, but it's far less likely and I'd rather Spain be liberal. A son sympathetic to liberalism would be the best of all scenarios, and would lead to the Spanish monarchy finally accepting a liberal constitution that conservatives couldn't really fight if it comes from the King.
I’m so glad that as a Liberal you oppose child labour.That's what I was going for. Yes, no children would also work, but it's far less likely and I'd rather Spain be liberal.
I am curios as to why?As Cliche as it Sounds: make Mexico keep the territories lost in the Mexican-American War. Although the POD necessary to make the war a Mexican Victory or avoid the War must be at least 20 yeas before (1820's)
Have the Puritans take over in England and force convert the population leading to the last non-Puritans leaving for the New World...