1. What if the Jamestown Colony would have failed in the early 17th century? AFAIK, the Jamestown settlers wanted to return back home but a ship from England bringing both supplies and new settlers in 1610 convinced them to stay put. What effects would this have on the subsequent English colonization of North America and beyond?
2. What if Britain would have won the American Revolutionary War? Would territories such as Florida, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and California have still eventually become part of the US in this scenario? Would the US and Canada be a single country right now, with a British monarch as its head of state and with a prime minister as its head of government? Would OTL present-day US's territory have anywhere near as many people as it has in real life right now? Would foreign-born people be eligible to become the US Prime Minister, similar to Canada in real life? (No natural-born citizen requirement.) Would a lot of blacks from the Southern US have eventually moved to Canadian cities as a part of the Great Migration? Would the US Constitution be significantly easier to amend in this TL? Et cetera.
Any thoughts on all of this, @stevep @Circle of Willis @Zyobot @History Learner @Skallagrim?
2. What if Britain would have won the American Revolutionary War? Would territories such as Florida, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and California have still eventually become part of the US in this scenario? Would the US and Canada be a single country right now, with a British monarch as its head of state and with a prime minister as its head of government? Would OTL present-day US's territory have anywhere near as many people as it has in real life right now? Would foreign-born people be eligible to become the US Prime Minister, similar to Canada in real life? (No natural-born citizen requirement.) Would a lot of blacks from the Southern US have eventually moved to Canadian cities as a part of the Great Migration? Would the US Constitution be significantly easier to amend in this TL? Et cetera.
Any thoughts on all of this, @stevep @Circle of Willis @Zyobot @History Learner @Skallagrim?