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Question: if Columbus is sponsored by France, & France thereby gets Caribbean islands, does this drastically change France's economic & military power? (It would seem to.)
So, what happens as a consequence? Does France win any of the Italian Wars? (All of them?

) How does this influence the outcome of (frex) the 30 Years' War? (By appearances, France could come out controlling much of the Netherlands, Spain, & OTL Germany...


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Does this mean Britain has more colonies in North America at the time of the ARW? Does this mean more Rebel colonies? Or more allies with Britain (such as Spain or the Netherlands)? More losses to a powerful France?
Does this, instead, mean France has a larger fur trade in North America, more comparable to HBC?
Or, does it mean France in 1803 sells even more North American territory to the U.S.: including, say, OTL Quebec?

Or Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica?