What butterflies could this cause in terms of the French colonies and the World Wars? If they happen.If France doesn't go through the demographic transition very early, it could have a huge diaspora. It was the most populous country in Europe in 1800 - more populous than even Russia.
What butterflies could this cause in terms of the French colonies and the World Wars? If they happen.
Would there be ethnic cleansing or intermarriage and assimilation?Presumably France would try to seek out more settler colonies, or send more colonists to the ones it had. IOTL, France sent some settlers to New Caledonia, but it might not be large enough ITTL. Maybe they would try to colonize parts of Australia/New Zealand (which might lead to conflict with Britain), or try to keep Louisiana (which could lead to conflict with the United States). Perhaps Madagascar would become more of a settlement option. Or else just send much larger numbers to Algeria, to the point where they might become the majority.
That's exactly what happened, although 200,000 moved to Israel after 1948.Ohhh, what about a polish diaspora. Maybe a Jewish diaspora since secular American Jews could intermarry ,but still have their descendants consider themselves Jewish in ethnicity like the Irish descendants. If that happened how big could the Jewish diaspora be?
Would there be ethnic cleansing or intermarriage and assimilation?
Well, it depends on the government, as the French seemed to really want to assimilate the colonial subjects, by erasing their culture, but I could see French policy changing with settlers, especially if they bring whole families like the British.Well historically, when European settlers became large enough in number in a certain place, the colonial governments would opt for ethnic cleansing of the natives. Assimilation was really only a goal when the native population was too large.
So, which countries could have a massive amount of emigration as Britain, Ireland and Germany? My money is on China, Spain, and India, if it wasn't colonized it at least free movement is enabled. What are your ideas?
So, what other diasporas do you think could be bigger than they are in OTL?Both China and India already have huge diasporas OTL. In raw numbers, almost certainly much larger than e.g. the Irish diaspora, although much smaller as a percentage of the mother country, obviously.
Indians were used as labor basically throughout the British Empire, so today in places like Fiji or Guyana, Indians make up essentially half the population, and (less drastically) are significant minorities throughout former British territories. As others have noted, Chinese emigration was also massive, both throughout Asia in pre-modern times, and throughout the world from the 19th century on (there's a reason that essentially any podunk town in the US will still somehow have a Chinese restaurant).
Both China and India already have huge diasporas OTL. In raw numbers, almost certainly much larger than e.g. the Irish diaspora, although much smaller as a percentage of the mother country, obviously.