Ok I'm debating on doing a time jump based on
The Battle of Savannah. I'm thinking of having World War One happen in the 1870s and going to the lead up of that war.
He is some of the major changes I'm looking at.
The Napoleonic Wars end after the end of the Ulm Campaign. Nappy dies after he wins Ulm but the Austrians are still force to make peace. Talleyrand is able to take control and able to work out a peace that everyone can live with. Would this have to include the return of the monarchy in France? What territorial changes would happen in this?
Because of the Battle of Savannah the US ends up being a member of the Second and Third Coalitions. They never deploy troops to Europe and focus more on North American gains. Would it be possible for the US to gain West Florida Louisiana Territory, Texas, Nuevo Mexico, and what would be the nation of the Rio Grande as per this
map?
I figure there will be no Pax Britannica, but the British will be in a stronger position, but the French aren't totally destroyed as a counter part either.
In the 1820s I figure the French fall into revolution once again. The US tries to stay out but they get into a war with the British and become de facto allies with the French this time around. I figure this war (global) will last 5 to 6 years of on an off fighting till once again that bastard Talleyrand is able to create a peace that is livable. I figure the French will once again come out on top again. What will the territorial changes be this time around? I'm looking for Prussia to make gains again as well. In the US-British War I'm looking for the US to take Upper Canada and all of the
Oregon County.
Then in the 1840s the US and Spain go at it over East Florida. The US whips Spain in a two year war that is more or less the ITL Mexican-American War, i.e the starting blocks to the Civil War. The US gets East Florida, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Santo Domingo.
In the 1840s in Europe is once more in revolution(one the reasons the US decides to go after Spain). I don't know who starts it. But I'm looking for Russia, France, and Prussia to come out on top, would this be possible? I'm also looking for an end to the Austrian Empire. This time no Compromise of 1867 will happen in Hungary becomes its own nation. Again how likely is this? If possible who gains what?
In 1850s you still get the Crimean War. The British pick up Russian America in the peace, but other than that its largely the same.
In the 1860s the US dives into Civil War. However ITL the Upper South stays with the Union. (Virginia, North Carlonia, and Tennessee.) However the ITL CSA picks up Rio Grande and the US Caribbean States of Cuba, Pureto Rico, and Santo Domingo. What is Nuevo Mexico is claimed by the CSA ITL but loyal to the Union. Its a three to four year war but the Union wins and the US stays together.
However the British who have never been the unquestioned world power was helping the CSA where possible. They also have when into Mexico like the French did OTL, but unlike the French they set up a puppet government in Mexico. They are also fucking around in China with the help of the French and Italy (Possible giving POD and butterflies ITL.)
Now comes the First of Three World Wars ITL. The US is pissed as the British for breaking the Monroe Doctrine during the Civil War along with helping the CSA ITL. Prussia which has large Polish and Czech minorities is looking to unite the Germanies into one nation. With no Austrian Empire Prussia is the only nation able to pull it off. The British are looking to knock the French down a peg or two. France is looking for more territorial gains in Europe and overseas. Russia wants to the straits from the Ottomans. The French don't want the Russians in what they view as their lake. Italy is a wild card and selling her services to the highest bidder. Then you have all your minor powers such as Spain, Switzerland Netherlands, Sweden, and so on with their goals.
I'm looking at the alliances breaking down to the US, France, minor German states, the Ottoman Empire, Portugal(Dump the British in the 1820s), and other minor states against the British Empire, Prussia, Russia, and other minor states with Italy waiting to see who they can get the best deal from.
Thoughts?