PoD 1 - 1st Anglo-Dutch War, so its a English Cape from 1654 onward
PoD 2 - 2nd Anglo-Dutch War, so its a English Cape from 1667 onward
PoD 3 - 3rd Anglo-Dutch War, so its a English Cape from from 1674 onward
PoD 4 - 4th Anglo-Dutch War, so its a British Cape from 1784 onward
I could see Britain acquiring and maintaining the Cape in a few ways.
I think a prerequisite would be an actual expedition that successfully occupies the place during any of the above wars. I know there was an attempt in the 4th war that was abandoned when the Cape got French reinforcements. I do not know if there were earlier attempts. Nor do I know if circumstances made a successful expedition implausible.
After capture, the Cape has to be not traded back to the Netherlands.
This could be a) because of better English (or later British) performance in the overall war, which leaves England or Britain with no need to arrange a tradeback, or b) Britain performs about the same except for the Cape expedition being added, and it trades back something else to the Netherlands while keeping the Cape (possibly a captured Dutch island in the Caribbean or Indies, piece of Guiana, New Netherlands, a west African fort, etc.)
How does the future of the Cape most likely unfold in any of the scenarios listed above?
PoD 2 - 2nd Anglo-Dutch War, so its a English Cape from 1667 onward
PoD 3 - 3rd Anglo-Dutch War, so its a English Cape from from 1674 onward
PoD 4 - 4th Anglo-Dutch War, so its a British Cape from 1784 onward
I could see Britain acquiring and maintaining the Cape in a few ways.
I think a prerequisite would be an actual expedition that successfully occupies the place during any of the above wars. I know there was an attempt in the 4th war that was abandoned when the Cape got French reinforcements. I do not know if there were earlier attempts. Nor do I know if circumstances made a successful expedition implausible.
After capture, the Cape has to be not traded back to the Netherlands.
This could be a) because of better English (or later British) performance in the overall war, which leaves England or Britain with no need to arrange a tradeback, or b) Britain performs about the same except for the Cape expedition being added, and it trades back something else to the Netherlands while keeping the Cape (possibly a captured Dutch island in the Caribbean or Indies, piece of Guiana, New Netherlands, a west African fort, etc.)
How does the future of the Cape most likely unfold in any of the scenarios listed above?