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By about 1484, Columbus proposed his planned voyage to King John II of Portugal. The king submitted Columbus's proposal to his advisors, who rejected it, correctly, on the grounds that Columbus's estimate for a voyage of 2,400 nmi was only a quarter of what it should have been. In 1488, Columbus again appealed to the court of Portugal, and John II again granted him an audience. That meeting also proved unsuccessful, in part because not long afterwards Bartolomeu Dias returned to Portugal with news of his successful rounding of the southern tip of Africa (near the Cape of Good Hope).
Columbus sought an audience with the monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, who had united several kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula by marrying and now ruled together. On 1 May 1486, permission having been granted, Columbus presented his plans to Queen Isabella, who, in turn, referred it to a committee. The learned men of Spain, like their counterparts in Portugal, replied that Columbus had grossly underestimated the distance to Asia. They pronounced the idea impractical and advised the Catholic Monarchs to pass on the proposed venture.
Columbus also dispatched his brother Bartholomew to the court of Henry VII of England to inquire whether the English crown might sponsor his expedition, but he was captured by pirates en route, and only arrived in early 1491
Bartholomew doesn't get captured by pirates and instead meets with Henry VII of England who agrees to finance a voyage.
Columbus sets sail as in OTL as arrives in the Bahamas then North America in 1492.
The English Crown claim the new land and called it Columbia in honour of Columbus's discovery.
In 1501 the first colonists settle at a sight at Roanoke. Unlike OTL the settlement slowly but surely grows encouraging more emigrants to take the voyage to the 'New World' and start other settlements down the Easter seaboard with an average of 4,000 British migrants a year making the crossing.
Populations
1501: 600
1600: 500,000
1700:5,000,000
1800:50,000,000
1900:800,000,000
Despite being claimed by the English this didn't stop either the French & Spanish making a play for it themselves. French troops and colonists landed well north of the 13 colonies and settled in what's now called Canada.
Due to the increase in population of the 13 colonies the Indian Line Law is never implemented and instead the Eastward expansion of the colonies is allowed at around 10 miles per year.
Due to this expansion a series of wars occurs , Father Le Loutre's War, Queen Anne's War, King George's War, and the Seven Years War the English now known as British from 1701 using their superior man power due to their higher population slowly but surely push the French out of North America uniting both the 13 colonies and Arcadia (Canada) into what is then called British Columbia.
The American War of Independence (1st American Civil War) never happens as due to the greater population and thus increase in tax revenues the British do not need to increase tax rates at all thus completely negating the reason for a rebellion in the first place.
Along with Australia & New Zealand, British Columbia is given Dominion Status and thus allowed to set up it's Parliament in 1866 with a King/Queen as Head of State.
The Dominion of Columbia thus continues as a member of the British Empire until it is changed into the British Commonwealth.
From Wikiposterous
By about 1484, Columbus proposed his planned voyage to King John II of Portugal. The king submitted Columbus's proposal to his advisors, who rejected it, correctly, on the grounds that Columbus's estimate for a voyage of 2,400 nmi was only a quarter of what it should have been. In 1488, Columbus again appealed to the court of Portugal, and John II again granted him an audience. That meeting also proved unsuccessful, in part because not long afterwards Bartolomeu Dias returned to Portugal with news of his successful rounding of the southern tip of Africa (near the Cape of Good Hope).
Columbus sought an audience with the monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, who had united several kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula by marrying and now ruled together. On 1 May 1486, permission having been granted, Columbus presented his plans to Queen Isabella, who, in turn, referred it to a committee. The learned men of Spain, like their counterparts in Portugal, replied that Columbus had grossly underestimated the distance to Asia. They pronounced the idea impractical and advised the Catholic Monarchs to pass on the proposed venture.
Columbus also dispatched his brother Bartholomew to the court of Henry VII of England to inquire whether the English crown might sponsor his expedition, but he was captured by pirates en route, and only arrived in early 1491
Bartholomew doesn't get captured by pirates and instead meets with Henry VII of England who agrees to finance a voyage.
Columbus sets sail as in OTL as arrives in the Bahamas then North America in 1492.
The English Crown claim the new land and called it Columbia in honour of Columbus's discovery.
In 1501 the first colonists settle at a sight at Roanoke. Unlike OTL the settlement slowly but surely grows encouraging more emigrants to take the voyage to the 'New World' and start other settlements down the Easter seaboard with an average of 4,000 British migrants a year making the crossing.
Populations
1501: 600
1600: 500,000
1700:5,000,000
1800:50,000,000
1900:800,000,000
Despite being claimed by the English this didn't stop either the French & Spanish making a play for it themselves. French troops and colonists landed well north of the 13 colonies and settled in what's now called Canada.
Due to the increase in population of the 13 colonies the Indian Line Law is never implemented and instead the Eastward expansion of the colonies is allowed at around 10 miles per year.
Due to this expansion a series of wars occurs , Father Le Loutre's War, Queen Anne's War, King George's War, and the Seven Years War the English now known as British from 1701 using their superior man power due to their higher population slowly but surely push the French out of North America uniting both the 13 colonies and Arcadia (Canada) into what is then called British Columbia.
The American War of Independence (1st American Civil War) never happens as due to the greater population and thus increase in tax revenues the British do not need to increase tax rates at all thus completely negating the reason for a rebellion in the first place.
Along with Australia & New Zealand, British Columbia is given Dominion Status and thus allowed to set up it's Parliament in 1866 with a King/Queen as Head of State.
The Dominion of Columbia thus continues as a member of the British Empire until it is changed into the British Commonwealth.
