Whoever controls one bank of the St Lawrence, controls the other. If America has the naval power that they control the south bank, they've conquered all of Quebec. Given America was so weak at sea, this seems unlikely.
You need to take Buell with a huge grain of salt. The whole premise of the book is taking place from the Republican perspective, which paints the Federalists in the worst possible light. Caleb Strong wasn't so much willing to give up Maine as he was interested in swapping the occupied...
The British didn't really go overland, they went by sea. Going overland was dangerous and expensive. Most of the first American colonists who arrived only survived because they bought goods from the HBC on credit. If the HBC tells them to pound sand, they probably starve.
The Alaska border probably isn't the same as OTL, Britain has no need to curry favour with the Russians and probably takes a much harder line in the Alaska boundary dispute. I would expect Britain to push for the maximal claims in the area.
If the Americans or Canadians somehow manage not to...
I'm not sure an earlier Confederation solves the root problem of a bigger Canadian population. Canada's biggest problem was never demographics, it was always geography. There's a few things you could do to pad the numbers, but nothing will really crank the population unless you add territory.
Hilarious seeing Cromwell jump on the Kitty Howard grenade for Henry. Since he got Henry a second son, he'll probably still get his Earldom and his head should be much more secure than OTL. Norfolk better be wary of him this time around.
Maybe Austria can push harder for their claims in Alsace and Strasbourg? I'm not sure how much else would change, everyone generally got what they wanted at Utrecht.
I disagree. I think Japan was too late to the colonial game, but most of the Pacific would have been far easier to control barring a few islands. In 1903 the Philippines only had 7.6 million people, while Korea had well over 17 million. It also had more language, ethnic and religious...
I don't think Macdonald realized what he's unleashed with that senate. Sooner or later the Grand Coalition will fall and he's going to have some very powerful senators to contend with on top of opposition in the house.
Assuming the westward expansion happens as per OTL, it makes Alberta and...
Everything is still going to come apart when Henry VI takes the throne, the dude has something wrong with him and the same forces that seen the Wars of the Roses break out will be festering in France. I could see a bunch of powerful French Duchies emerging from the chaos. French unification...
The Georgian Bay canal is just too late for a 20th century POD. There's no need for it when the St. Lawrence Seaway gets built. You're spending huge sums of money to divert a small amount of goods slightly faster. In the mid 19th century it might have made sense (not that Canada could have...
This is very difficult with a 20th century PoD.
The best way to achieve this is to avoid the Great War. Immigration was exploding in the lead up to the war, and even it tapers off somewhat for the following decade, you're looking at millions of extra people by the 21st century.
I'm always...
The Confederacy literally put the anti-slave trade clause in their constitution as an olive branch to the UK. Only the most radical fire Eaters would ever suggest dropping it, and I think there would be a public outcry at home (let alone abroad) if they even attempted to amend the clause.