tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080248961176338496.post8895570805490809452..comments2024-03-11T06:48:32.094-05:00Comments on Alternate History Weekly Update: Map Monday: Kingdom of Maryland by Martin23230Mitrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080248961176338496.post-84218519676184388052015-09-15T23:36:28.658-05:002015-09-15T23:36:28.658-05:00Demography is the hardest part of history to fudge...Demography is the hardest part of history to fudge -- you have to introduce something like a plague or an asteroid. Political stuff is easy by comparison.S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080248961176338496.post-72927688551595450612015-09-15T16:02:08.178-05:002015-09-15T16:02:08.178-05:00Very true, but hey I just said I liked the idea of...Very true, but hey I just said I liked the idea of a North America not dominated by English speakers, never said I had a plausible scenario. Perhaps a Cromwell England would try for colonies elsewhere or else not at all? He certainly had his supporters in the colonies OTL and even a Stuart kingdom-in-exile probably wouldn't last long.Mitrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12415640801753049329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080248961176338496.post-8189700687503405902015-09-15T02:38:03.939-05:002015-09-15T02:38:03.939-05:00Tho' the biggest advantage the English colonie...Tho' the biggest advantage the English colonies had was simply that they got more immigrants, who bred like rabbits. New Netherlands and New France got a few thousand settlers; 30,000 arrived in New England alone in the twenty years after 1620, and over a hundred thousand went to the Chesapeake.S.M. Stirlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091131550027851275noreply@blogger.com