No American Colonies

Here is another challenge, come up with a scenario that dooms European America, ie. all European colonies in America ultimately fail.

Mine is that one of the Italian city states says yes to Christopher Columbus instead of Spain, thus the Italian mercantile companies run New World exploration and trade entirely, there is quicker profit in it if the Americas does not have the regulations brought on by colonialism, so they strangle all colonies (similar to what happened to Quebec when it was founded) this pattern continues with the rest of the European countries.
 

mowque

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Diseases will make North America too open and too fertile to ignore. Even if it isn't state sponsored, you'll get people turning up.
 
A lot depends on how long the colonies last.
Do horse and pigs and donkey etc escape the failed colonies.
Do the colonies send american food plants like

does the Coloubian exchange still happen?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_Exchange

  • cat (domestic – wild species already present)
  • camel

etc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_Exchange

do europpan diseases spread to the Indians.

The horse and wheel would make a big change to the Indians.


American food plant would make a change in europe.
 
Diseases will make North America too open and too fertile to ignore. Even if it isn't state sponsored, you'll get people turning up.

the thing is that no colony survived without constant supplies from Europe, ya there will be trading posts and "pirate ports" but one can't make a colony without constant supply shipments all the ones that tried failed, and colonies are long term investments the mercantile companies aren't interested in long term, they want the most money quickest, and colonies bring trade regulations etc.
 
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