samneanderthal
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Many rulers could have made decisions that prevented the loss of most or the best part of their territory.
For example. If instead of wasting all the earning form his colonies (gold, silver, tobacco, chocolate, vanilla, etc,) and money borrowed from Austrian bankers and his men in wars against Britain, France, the Ottoman empire, Holland, etc, Phillip, king of Spain, Portugal, etc, had sold his properties to the king of France and moved with most of his people to the Americas his empire would have thrived. 90% of the native population of all the Americas would died from epidemics, leaving huge territories that could be occupied with little fighting. The isolation would have ensured fewer wars and greater population growth than in belligerant Europe.
Phillip could have ruled much more effectively over most of his huge empire, which included the Philippines, which were governed from Mexico at the time.
In contrast, the king of Portugal migrated to Brazil when Napoleon invaded his country and his son became the emperor of Brazil, which thrived and when most of the Spanish colonies gained their independence, Brazil took over the large, formerly Spanish sugar producing regions that supplied Spain, extending its already huge territory.
The US lost Canada during the independence war because the 2 American forces did not attack simultaneouly, but attacked one city first and allowed those British troops to escape and reinforce the other city.
Napoleon would make the same mistake as Phillip. Instead of moving to Louisiana, he would sell it for pennies to Jefferson and waste the money in European wars that ruined France and cost him everything.
King George would lose the US, instead of moving his capital to America and extending his dominions there.
Mexico lost most of its terriory to the US in large part because it encouraged thousands of Americans to migrate legally to Texas.
Turkey lost a huge empire that included a huge part of the world's oil reserves in WW I. Germany lost its part of Poland and its numeorus colonies in Africa, China and the Pacific. Austria lost Hungary, Czrchoslovakia, Galicia in Poland, Croatia, etc,
Hitler lost the best part of Europe because he decided to attack his best ally, the USSR, while he was still fighting Britain, South Africa, Canada, India, Australia, NZ, etc,
For example. If instead of wasting all the earning form his colonies (gold, silver, tobacco, chocolate, vanilla, etc,) and money borrowed from Austrian bankers and his men in wars against Britain, France, the Ottoman empire, Holland, etc, Phillip, king of Spain, Portugal, etc, had sold his properties to the king of France and moved with most of his people to the Americas his empire would have thrived. 90% of the native population of all the Americas would died from epidemics, leaving huge territories that could be occupied with little fighting. The isolation would have ensured fewer wars and greater population growth than in belligerant Europe.
Phillip could have ruled much more effectively over most of his huge empire, which included the Philippines, which were governed from Mexico at the time.
In contrast, the king of Portugal migrated to Brazil when Napoleon invaded his country and his son became the emperor of Brazil, which thrived and when most of the Spanish colonies gained their independence, Brazil took over the large, formerly Spanish sugar producing regions that supplied Spain, extending its already huge territory.
The US lost Canada during the independence war because the 2 American forces did not attack simultaneouly, but attacked one city first and allowed those British troops to escape and reinforce the other city.
Napoleon would make the same mistake as Phillip. Instead of moving to Louisiana, he would sell it for pennies to Jefferson and waste the money in European wars that ruined France and cost him everything.
King George would lose the US, instead of moving his capital to America and extending his dominions there.
Mexico lost most of its terriory to the US in large part because it encouraged thousands of Americans to migrate legally to Texas.
Turkey lost a huge empire that included a huge part of the world's oil reserves in WW I. Germany lost its part of Poland and its numeorus colonies in Africa, China and the Pacific. Austria lost Hungary, Czrchoslovakia, Galicia in Poland, Croatia, etc,
Hitler lost the best part of Europe because he decided to attack his best ally, the USSR, while he was still fighting Britain, South Africa, Canada, India, Australia, NZ, etc,
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