Tbf this is something I'd like to see considering that the Huguenots and Jews would have more autonomy than the French kings would want them to have (I don't think the French kings would restrict the usage of the printing press and the such in the colony) while they expand into Spanish territory. It sounds quite similar to how the Americans went to revolution except the king is actually controlling.
A kind of Croissant that remembers Acarajé would be quite legendary... I don't think farmers would adopt quinoa, Brazil has other grains which are more accessible.
Fishes would be a interesting topic, how can Moqueca mix with french cuisine for example?
They're actually quite similar but the main differences are the rouille sauce and the usage of orange zest and fennel in bouillabaisse while moqueca is spicy and lemon/like juice is added. I think we'd probably have seafood stews with a rouille sauce and citrus zest and fennel added into the bowl. Or we see citrus juice added too.
Yeah I agree. I think Antartiqois architecture would be mostly Mediterranean inspired considering how American architecture evolved in general, and I think at most we'd see some copying of native layouts especially during the early days and when they're expanding inland.
Are quinoa really that inaccessible? They're grown on the Andes so getting their hands on them isn't that hard. It's more whether the farmers see them as crops or not, which they may if they have good relations with the natives.
Not impossible but Brazil doesn't really use quinoa, it's more of an andine thing, brazilian natives used a lot of corn, manioc and nuts, then europeans will bring coffee, wheat, oats, rice, etc. Not to mention the loads of fruits that grow well in Brazil, so not much justification for quinoa.
Oh yeah, that definitely makes sense, like Louisiana or New Orleans, right?
If this Francophone Brazil even winds up as a single country. I could very well see it splitting up into multiple nations like Spanish America did.
Maybe, Spanish America was already officially separated between different administrations not to mention the interests of local elites. Brazil remained united on the colonial times and during the Imperial era, only the time of the regency there were actual attempts at independence (that were brutally crushed).
Yep
I'm pretty sure there's some law like that, maybe it's about matrilineal inheritance?
Yes this is true. The question is how many percent of the colony's population will be Protestants. How will the relationship between the colony and the religion factor be in the future? It is not impossible that Protestants are treated similarly to Catholics in the USA (perhaps a little better due to the tradition of the decree).
This will depend on the strength of the central government and how the colony will be structured in relation to the different "states/provinces'. If it will be very centralized if it will be balanced, what will be the history of the colony (things like wars against neighbors or other enemies help with the common identity for example) etc.
This will be important due to the economic strength it will bring to the colony. Local banks (made by the Jews) investing and lending locally, industry (made by the Huguenots) to work the raw material among other examples will make the colony a very active organism. I do not doubt that the colony financed expeditions in Africa and elsewhere (otl Brazil before its independence from Portugal, for example, helped in a coup in the kingdom of Dahomey).
With the number of Jews and other well-literate groups I find it difficult for them to have the ability to do this even if they wanted to. An interesting thing will be how the local language will develop, at OTL for example, Brazil only started to speak Portuguese in the 18th century. Before that, the common language was a mixed language based on the Tupi language, called Nheengatu. As it is spoken by almost all inhabitants of Brazil (settlers, slaves and natives), it became known as the general language.
The expansion (the largest at least) of the colony will likely be before its independence different from the USA.
yes, not only that but what the government will be like (monarchy, republic or something completely different. Or if it is going to become independent, otl brazil was forced to declare independence the country was happy to be united with portugal and the independence of the usa was caused more by the english than the colonists, not to mention that before declaring independence they wanted a own parliament but not be independent. So a lot can happen.). The biggest difference in the USA will probably be the industry, the colony does not have the absurd amount of coal in the USA, so the industry will not be as gigantic and will be more concentrated. Forcing the country/colony to have a well-industrialized region (the one with coal) or go after coal in another region of the world.
maize, cassava, beans and wheat (depending on how much of the pampas the country will control)
Well it's basically a fish stew, it's not uncommon to have similar things in the former Caribbean colonies of France.
I partially agree with @Avrorrange I think it's likely the older regions of the colony (like the northeast) have more Creole-like architecture. But we will probably have architecture similar to Baroque, Baroque, Early French Colonial Architecture and even Beaux Arts depending on the region, type of settler (settlers from other regions of the world/Europe bring their architecture with them), climate and local culture.
You meant salic law. Inheritance of the French throne is strictly through the agnatic line only. Navarre(which allows female succession) got separated from the French throne once because one of the French kings had a daughter but no son. It later inherited the French throne when one of it’s kings turned out to be the next agnate to the French throne after the Valois.
Indeed, a quick reminder that Protestants were a minority in France and mostly concentrated in the Southwest and some of the center of the country, some of the least populated areas of the country (coastal cities non withstanding) so in the long run they'll definitely be outnumbered by Catholics, most Hugenots are moving into the Southern most parts of the colonies, far away from the Catholic Luso in the northeast, and thus, much of the south of the country will be where the majority of Hugenots go(meaning they're already going beyond São Vicente and into OTL Paraná)
They will likely be a pretty large group in urban areas in the Southeast(perhaps the majority of the population). At least until the gold rush.
So the Protestants are heading south (and therefore the Coal Belt). So the dispute will be between the Protestant French and the Spanish for the region. If the Protestants win this could have a bit of a vicious cycle, with more Protestants from the rest of the colony moving south to have a "truly Protestant" region (along with Protestants in France moving to this region now that the hard part is over, the struggle for control of the land.).
Yeah I agree, the golden goose of the colony would be the jews, huguenots and slaves (and slavers), in which two of the groups would be minorities that could be fucked over by the kings of france while the two groups could very much do something about it since they're literally on another continent. The Antartique isn't Quebec after all.
We prob would have French be the main language of the colony (prob with native and Hebrew and Occitan loanwords), but we'd have Jewish and even Occitan in some Huguenot sects be present, not to mention Creole languages that mix African grammar with French and Hebrew into a mix. I wonder if we'd get a bunch of slaves that're Jewish if Antartique rebels against France and succeeds, and the Jews start to convert slaves to Judaism.
I think that in general the French would butt up against the Spanish in the la Plata region, and I think they'll fight a war to delineate a border between the two colonies. Hell, I think a series of wars helmed by the colonists where they take over Argentina is possible.
tbf I agree that the French speakers would swamp the Occitan protestants eventually, but the protestant regions would be the parana region which is the industrial region anyways with all the coal and the such. I could see the protestants be in the parana river basin in general.
Yes, Jews and Huguenots will have much more bargaining power in the colony than in the metropolis. Especially if they become an important part of the economy, it is difficult for example for the landlord class to support a great persecution of Jews if this is the group that economically helps the farms/ plantantions (or if they are a big part of the doctors in the colony). It's difficult to have a lot of support to persecute the Protestants if they are part of the colonial army and are the group that makes the most industries. The power of these groups will come primarily from the economic factor and the fact that it is more work to try to change the functioning of the colony than to leave it as it is. They will be minorities, so whether or not these groups will be persecuted by certain groups (ultra-Catholics for example), but the size of the colony means that these groups will not find each other very easily.
Yes, but it will be something a few centuries in the future. I tend to believe that Antarctique will have more slaves than Brazil due to this greater diversity of products (not just sugar production). At OTL, Brazil received 5.8 million slaves out of a total of 12.5 million, I would not be surprised if the colony received up to 7 million (which is ridiculous, because 5.8 million is an absurd number.)
The French language of the colony will be very unique, to say the least.
Maybe, but unlikely (there will be cases but I think they will be uncommon). Most will be converted to Catholicism, not to mention that in OTL Brazil had a good number of Muslim slaves (who obviously could not practice the religion). These slaves staged the largest slave rebellion in the history of Brazil, with around 600 slaves. At the time, the capital of Bahia had about 65,000 inhabitants and of that number, about 40% were slaves. If the entire population of blacks in Salvador were aggregated, the number would reach 78% of the city's population. Thus, only 22% of Salvador's population was white. something curious about the revolt revolt, was formed exclusively by slaves born in Africa. With slaves killing black Brazilians together with white Brazilians. Something curious about the revolt revolt, was formed exclusively by slaves born in Africa. With slaves killing black and white Brazilians. It will be interesting to see how the influence of blacks and pardos in the colony will be. From the beginning in the history of OTL Brazil, blacks and natives were important to the history of the country. Of the four most important figures in the war against Holland (which wanted to conquer Brazil) were a Black man and an native.
In this tl I find it difficult to have the partnership that occurred in the otl between france and spain.
It's hard to know, but unlikely. It's too far away for us to have anything concrete.
this is a possibility but it would be something in the future, the author did not even reach the year 1600. But the otl had important reasons for the failures of these two revolts.
for sure or some other bizarre thing. but I find it difficult to predict at the moment without seeing how the colony and the rest of the world will develop in the future.
Considering France will avoid the whole instability of the Religious Wars alongside the royal power being stronger and of course Brazil helping with all the money coming from it(be it from slave selling in companies based on France, companies who deal with the tropical goods, French craftsmen selling their tools and arms to the colony, etc) I don't see it happening but we'll see how the situation goes
