Non-British+America

A Non-British America ﻿﻿An America without British influence would be a radical change from what America is today. The British influenced America to be another England (hence New England) and American culture was based off of British culture. Most of the colonists were British, and English remains the main language of the US. American culture spiraled on its own after that but remains heavily associated with english culture. Ideas had been transferred from britain, the most important revolutionaries were descended from British men. America would not be the same without Britian, Britain would not be the same without America, and the world would be vastly different than what we know today.  An America without British rule would be very different. Without the influence of Britain, the colonies would fail and other nations would takeover. Spain, France, and China all had the power to so it and so neach were represented in this project. The Native Americans were represented too, if no country invaded, what would their outcome be? the project covers all these questions and more.

Spain was one of the first great colonizing forces in the Americas, South America and Mexico was theirs before the British even thought of colonizing. In theory, Spain would be the top contender to take over North America if the British did not intervene, they had the greatest resources at the time, and were already coming up from Mexico anyway. If they had taken over America, they most likely would have created a new Spanish state, incorporating Spanish culture and traditions into the now-Spanish colonists.

France also was interested in America, they had sent ships to colonize Canada. They had developed many alliances with the Indians and fought with them during the French and Indian War against thet British. Again, if the British were taken out of the equation, the French could have taken the rest of North America and created a new French state. Any country would have benefitted from colonies in America, but France would have had the most advantages, because like Britian, they had only just started in America, so the colonies would have boosted France to be an imperial power (much like Britian was). Without Britain in power, much of the world could have been influenced by France.

China was in the running to take over America too. The book __1421__ deals with the possible discovery of America by Chinese explorers. China had the money, the manpower and the hunger for more land to be able to colonize America. With isolationsim as the official foreign relations policy in China during the time, new land would help open that policy, into the imperialistic policy most other nations had at the time.

The natives would have been in control of the Americas in the unlikely scenario no country took over the US. Native Americans would most likely kept their culture and traditions throughout the years, as they have been doing the same for hundreds of years. They might have caught up the technology of the Europeans and may have been a great empire, even rivaling those of Europe.

A What If Revolution The entire project covers the domination of the US by a country. Revolution is something that happens to every nation. America was created by a revolution. So what would happen if there was a revolution in America (again) and a new country was made. What would be of this country then? Most likely, the basic principals of the country would be the same, the ideas of freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It could also turn out to be a dictatorship, everyone under the rule of one person. Whatever the country may be, it would have the traits of the country that was there before it, just like America was with Britain. The culture, the language and the history would all be of the parent country, what happens next, no one knows. it could be revolution, it could be peace, it could even be World War III. "What if" is just too broad a question to be answered concisely, as there is too many different possibilities of what happened and what if something else happened. The only basic thought, is that whatever country had invaded the US first, the country would have gotten a powerful boost, as the land itself was the most profitable item there.