JJohnson
Banned
I've been watching Turn on TV, and it's interesting there were still farms on Long Island. I'm researching a fuller timeline, where South America is a bit more multicultural (British, Dutch, French make gains), and coinciding with that, I was wondering, how could we make New York City less of a megapolis than in our timeline?
My base here is that "Canada" (Nova Scotia and Quebec) joins the revolution of their own volition. Rupert's Land isn't taken though, but is eventually sold to the US. Let's say we make 3 or 4 states out of it: Quebec east of Ottawa River, the Toronto peninsula as "Ottawa," Nova Scotia, and an Indian territory for northern Indians west of that. Maybe St John Island will be split off too. But, the main question is, with those lands now in the US from the start - would New York be less of a draw and can other cities be made bigger as a result, for industry, finance, and immigration?
I'm trying to make sure to flesh out other areas of the country so that the changes do have some interesting ripples across the succeeding two and a half centuries. What would become of places like Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Halifax, Mississauga, Hamilton, and London, Ontario? Some where founded for Loyalists, sure, and changed names. But would some be bigger, more important in a larger US?
My base here is that "Canada" (Nova Scotia and Quebec) joins the revolution of their own volition. Rupert's Land isn't taken though, but is eventually sold to the US. Let's say we make 3 or 4 states out of it: Quebec east of Ottawa River, the Toronto peninsula as "Ottawa," Nova Scotia, and an Indian territory for northern Indians west of that. Maybe St John Island will be split off too. But, the main question is, with those lands now in the US from the start - would New York be less of a draw and can other cities be made bigger as a result, for industry, finance, and immigration?
I'm trying to make sure to flesh out other areas of the country so that the changes do have some interesting ripples across the succeeding two and a half centuries. What would become of places like Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Halifax, Mississauga, Hamilton, and London, Ontario? Some where founded for Loyalists, sure, and changed names. But would some be bigger, more important in a larger US?