What if England never existed?

[Bakanu]

England, a country that has conquered countless locations until eventually it's colonies were lost and it was reduced to a small island. But in an alternate timeline, what would happen if England never came to be. In the alternate timeline I'll just say that the english tribes never existed. One theory I have is that since no English tribe would exist, the Scots and Celts would take the rest of the land and possibly establish their own colonies. As you probably know, England established the 13 colonies, soon they revolted and became the world superpower that we all know. How do you think this alternate timeline would playout? Type in the reply section to tell me your theory.

[Las Palmeras]

Massive butterflies. Mothra-sized butterflies for any Alt-History enthusiast.

[Tinhampton]

How do you think this alternate timeline would playout?

Not very well, partially because I wouldn't be here to post this.

[Bakanu]

How do you think this alternate timeline would playout?

Not very well, partially because I wouldn't be here to post this.

We'd probably be speaking another language.

[Sundiata]

Europe would be far better off, especially with the likely dominance of Spain. It would have been easier to stomp the Protestant Reformation before it got too prevalent also.

[Kowani]

Britannia would not rule the waves.

[Bakanu]

Britannia would not rule the waves.

And America wouldn't exist, but someone else would probably rule the seas, maybe Scotland.

[Tranzoria]

Like, nothing but Africa and South America would not change.

[Bakanu]

Like, nothing but Africa and South America would not change.

Well India and Hong Kong were English colonies too, and England helped unite India, so it's a little more than you think.

[Washington Resistance Army]

The world would be a better place.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

How do you think this alternate timeline would playout?

Not very well, partially because I wouldn't be here to post this.

Somebody who thinks they are you would be.

[The Alma Mater]

The world would be a better place.

I dunno. Their role of mega-colonisers would probably have been taken up by one of the other nations, like the Dutch Republic or Spain. Those were also not very nice to locals.

[Washington Resistance Army]

The world would be a better place.

I dunno. Their role of mega-colonisers would probably have been taken up by one of the other nations, like the Dutch Republic or Spain. Those were also not very nice to locals.

Yeah but they weren't English so they were inherently better.

[Bakanu]

The world would be a better place.

I dunno. Their role of mega-colonisers would probably have been taken up by one of the other nations, like the Dutch Republic or Spain. Those were also not very nice to locals.

Not to mention Russians also colonized the Americas so North America would probably be more divided and less united.

[USS Monitor]

Colonialism would still happen, but it would be led by other countries. Assuming we all still exist in the alternate timeline, I'd probably be a French-speaking Acadian. Maybe Quebecois. (One branch of my family are Quebecois anyway.)

[Baltenstein]

I am not sure at what point the OP is placing his point of divergence. "The English tribes" would not exist? The British Isles have been inhabited since 12,000 BC. The closest I can think of would be the migrating Angles and Saxons during the 4th-6th Century AD. Maybe the Celts put up a better fight or the Roman Empire was more stable and prevented them from large-scale immigration.

Anyways, Viking raids and conquest from the 8th Century on would still have happened, a France-based monarchy would still have invaded the island at some point because it's simply too close not to, and a distinctive English identity and polity with a naval trade/colonialist foreign policy would still have emerged.

[Neanderthaland]

Hoop dat je het leuk vindt om nederlands te spreken.

[The Alma Mater]

I am not sure at what point the OP is placing his point of divergence. "The English tribes" would not exist? The British Isles have been inhabited since 12,000 BC. The closest I can think of would be the migrating Angles and Saxons during the 4-6 Century BC. Maybe the Celts put up a better fight or the Roman Empire was more stable and prevented them from large-scale immigration.

Anyways, Viking raids and conquest from the 8th Century on would still have happened, a France-based monarchy would still have invaded the island at some point because it's simply too close not to, and a distinctive English identity and polity with a naval trade/colonialist foreign policy would still have emerged.

The great Viking empire does have a nice ring to it.

[Rusozak]

Britain would be a French Island.

[Cordel One]

Seriously though, someone else would have taken their place and the world would be a little different.

[NPC Piedmont]

England, a country that has conquered countless locations until eventually it's colonies were lost and it was reduced to a small island. But in an alternate timeline, what would happen if England never came to be. In the alternate timeline I'll just say that the english tribes never existed. One theory I have is that since no English tribe would exist, the Scots and Celts would take the rest of the land and possibly establish their own colonies. As you probably know, England established the 13 colonies, soon they revolted and became the world superpower that we all know. How do you think this alternate timeline would playout? Type in the reply section to tell me your theory.

Probably the Romans would’ve just colonised Scotland too.
Then it would get independence(they have English territory), and I think the highland lowlands revolution(but without king George of england because he didn’t exist) would make the Highlander’s win and get the territory of the Scotland we know now.

[Ittonia]

England, a country that has conquered countless locations until eventually it's colonies were lost and it was reduced to a small island. But in an alternate timeline, what would happen if England never came to be. In the alternate timeline I'll just say that the english tribes never existed. One theory I have is that since no English tribe would exist, the Scots and Celts would take the rest of the land and possibly establish their own colonies. As you probably know, England established the 13 colonies, soon they revolted and became the world superpower that we all know. How do you think this alternate timeline would playout? Type in the reply section to tell me your theory.

I personally agree in the possibile formation of a "Scottish Empire" ,yet I think the real "British Empire" in this timeline would be France : It's colonies in the Americas will stay ,It will become even more important in Africa and Oceania.

I would predict that currently,there would be a super-power Lousiana ,a Francofone Australia and Africa,would just be more francofone.

(And we'd be writing in French right know wondering if France never existed)

[The republic ofTexas and northern Mexico]

England, a country that has conquered countless locations until eventually it's colonies were lost and it was reduced to a small island. But in an alternate timeline, what would happen if England never came to be. In the alternate timeline I'll just say that the english tribes never existed. One theory I have is that since no English tribe would exist, the Scots and Celts would take the rest of the land and possibly establish their own colonies. As you probably know, England established the 13 colonies, soon they revolted and became the world superpower that we all know. How do you think this alternate timeline would playout? Type in the reply section to tell me your theory.

Probably the Romans would’ve just colonised Scotland too.
Then it would get independence(they have English territory), and I think the highland lowlands revolution(but without king George of england because he didn’t exist) would make the Highlander’s win and get the territory of the Scotland we know now.

I think that the native Americans would have sailed across the Atlantic and colonized england

[Pilipinas and Malaya]

I'm guessing that if the concept of England never came to be means that England is either underwater or remains a Nordic stronghold. The power balance in Europe would probably be heavily upset, with Frane coming out even stronger as a result of a lack of any form of English opposition. The Americas would be majority French, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch. The Crusades would probably have failed even harder.

[Greater Konkan]

I'd be speaking either Marathi, or French. Depends how successful French colonialism would have been. Portugal would most likely have lost its Indian colonies without the English alliance.