The Americans also had to deal with a rival power on the west coast. After the Chinese kicked the Spanish out of Xindalu (Can’t remember the Spanish word for it, I thinks it started with a C?) and set up shop they immediately threatened American expansion in the west. If it was just the Ming...
I’m going to guess that instead of the Aussie outback we all know and love (and secretly fear), its going to be perfectly livable and fertile land. I wonder if the aboriginals developed more than just Stone Age tech...