colonialism

Just a smaller exercise of Alternate History, But what if George VI and Queen Mother Elizabeth were assassinated in India during their proposed Durbar in 1937 ? In OTL, George VI was planning on holding a Durbar in Delhi just like his Father before him but decided not to due to rising...

With any pod after 1750, how can we make British colonization worse to the point where most colonies at least attempt to revolt and has far fewer defenders after falling in the same way fascist governments became unpopular after WWII?

I am challenging you to place Africa under one colonizer with a POD before 1900. Bonus points for it being under company rule.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Spain was occupied by the French Army of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. While in the Spanish Royal Court, King Carlos IV was confronted with his son Fernardo due to differences with respect to the French. But the tension exploded in the Uprising of the city...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Federation#1960s_proposal According to wikipedia, there was an attempt to create a federation composed of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, and the three countries' respective leaders, Nyerere, Obote and Kenyatta entered negotiations to turn this union into...

So what is this?: Well like the title suggests this is initial planning faze for a timeline I've had in the back of my head for nearly a year now. What's it about?: The main theme is about alternate technological development and how the earlier development of certain technologies would effect...

The title is pretty self-explanatory, but let me elaborate a bit. I know that the odds were stacked against Indonesia in its so-called "confrontation" with Malaysia: - The domestic situation was extremely unstable with islamists, communists, and the army all eyeing power; - The economy was a...

So basically, I had this idea for the legacy of a Japanese attempt to be a "big boy" colonial power and colonize Africa. if this is in the wrong forum, please move it Support for the colony takes a major dive but it remains as a hang-on territory until WW2. To start off, I constructed a...

Background Information: The Italian Unification (1848-1871) or the Risorgimento was the merging of different states in the Italian Peninsula into The Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) which would go on to be a colonial empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_unification But what if that...

Say that France Antartique is successfully established, and dominates the southeast and south regions as defined here; PoD can be whatever. Now, otl, Louisiana was basically established to feed the french Caribbean (chiefly haiti). Except ttl, not only do they have a region large enough to feed...

My interest in learning about colonial empires actually dates back a few years where I did a research paper about the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. And I'm currently working on a timeline and approaching the time of the Scramble for Africa in OTL. Anyway, in a scenario (such as mine)...

Your challenge is to have at least one Muslim country establish at least one colony in the New World. It doesn't have to be very successful or last very long, it just has to exist for a time.

I know there were various attempts to colonise Australia by the Dutch along Western Australia, but they basically all ended in failure. But what would happen if one or of them stuck? What would be the results of them actually founding a long-lasting colony on Australian soil?

Preface Hello to everyone. Previously I was developing The Fifth Empire TL. Due to academic reasons I wasn´t having much time to dedicate towards this project, also it was developing in a way that I disliked, so this is and will be a re-write of said time line with some changes, but mostly...

So, Namibia was a German Imperial Colony from 1884 to 1915, and something strange happened, because they stood there for "just" 31 years until the british conquered it and handed it to South Africa, but still got some influence from Germany even today I remember reading somewhere that the...

Challenge - To make the following occur feasibly. Asia counts as East Asia, South East Asia, India, Nepal, Indonesia, Philippines. The Middle East and Central Asia will be counted as separate for this scenario. 1) Asian conquest and colonization (mass settlement) of all the Americas, Australia...

What would happen to their colonies and to the countries themselves? I know the Soviet Union doesn't have the capacity to influence Africa or Asia yet after World War II, I'm trying to think of a scenario where the colonies of this countries get an earlier Independence than our timeline. As I...

of all the arbitary lines drawn on a map, the Treaty of Tordesillas is one of the most important arbitrary lines drawn on a map. The western hemisphere was declared spanish dominion, and the East would be home to more portuguese forts and outposts than people. it shaped foreign policies for...

IOTL the French conquered Algeria through a series of wars and campaigns starting in 1830 and continuing through the rest of the century. The result was that Algeria, due to it's proximity to mainland France and climatic similarities to the south, ended up receiving a substantial French...

What if: The Songhai empire manages to completely subue and conquer the Jolof Empire, resulting in the empire having much more access to the Atlantic ocean. During the Hajj pilgrimage, more advanced ship designs are brought to the empire. For the sake of the aregument, lets assume that Sonhai...