Prussia take America after the Revolution

After seeing America and how much unstability there was and wanting to become a colonial super power Prussia declares war on America and with French aid they take the colonies. As part of the deal with France, French Canada would take northen Massachusetts(Maine) and New Hampshire
 
I don't really see it happening. with a 1770s POD

Maybe with a 1740s POD to make Prussia more militarist and more anti-Republican. This would mean the mere existence of the USA would be intolerable.

Then how are they going to control the population? At least the British could appeal to a common ground. I suppose you could just forcibly evict everyone and kill those that stay. This gets rid of a long term rebellion problem, but in the short term, it's just too many bullets and too many gunpowder to make it worthwhile.
 

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Totally ASB, but here's a scenario. The British win the American Revolution, but lose to the Franco-Spanish Armada of 1779. Britain becomes a Catholic nation ruled by Bourbons. The Loyalists of the Thirteen Colonies fail to retake Britain and seek a European sponsor. Prussia and Sweden and the Netherlands, as the last Protestant countries, become the new sponsors of the Thirteen Colonies. Prussia with the largest army, recruits most of the garrison force in the country, settles veterans in Louisiana, and eventually becomes hegemon of North America when Sweden declines to Russia and Netherlands declines to France.
 
After seeing America and how much unstability there was and wanting to become a colonial super power Prussia declares war on America and with French aid they take the colonies. As part of the deal with France, French Canada would take northen Massachusetts(Maine) and New Hampshire

... and the Prussian government hemorages red liquid, both ink and blood, fighting a constant insurgency half the world away while simutaniously having a large chunk of their army away from the home country to defend more immediate national interests. Austria takes advantage of Brandenburg's idiocy and beats them into the ground, establishing a stronger hegemony over Germany.

Prussia can't run the American colonies profitably. Interestingly enough, large garrisons and colonies are bloody expensive, and the Americans aren't just going to quietly operate under "Hessian Rule" to ease administrative and military expenses.
 

Saphroneth

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If it was easy to subdue America then the British would have done it (having started the ARW with a considerable legitimacy advantage compared to these Prussians).

Also, French Canada didn't exist at that time. Louisiana did.
 
Prussia did apparently have a navy, but I've got no ship names or counts to confirm this. It might have been theoretical.
I know they have a navy,but it's a navy that's more on paper than in fact.What ships they have don't seem to be that seaworthy in the Atlantic as well.
 

Saphroneth

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I know they have a navy,but it's a navy that's more on paper than in fact.What ships they have don't seem to be that seaworthy in the Atlantic as well.
That'd be a good scope for a parody in the style of a Conroy book. Fifty pages on the setup of the fearsome Prussian invasion force, and then they all get sunk by USRC Tariff.
 

Saphroneth

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(though, admittedly, it does look like the US didn't have much of a navy worth talking about either. Maybe it'd be plausible up until the British or French sent a task force to pointedly complain?)
 
It isn't exactly what you're asking for, but it at least fits in the category of a Prussian ruling over the former British colonies. Lessen the patriot's hatred for monarchy in any form, increase the Prussian prince's interest, and you could have King Henry I Hohenzollern of the United States.

The States would in no way be linked governmentally to Prussia, nor would either country allow themselves to enter personal union with the other should the laws of inheritance call for the same ruler on both thrones. It's not what you were looking for, but frankly what you're asking just isn't probable or even possible.
 
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