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Chapter 899 The Anglo-Saxons that William IV was worried about

However, since Napoleon I lost the Napoleonic War in 1815, Britain fought several wars with the United States and ended in failure. The clever British knew how to use internal disintegration to deal with the former. Colonial America was a great progress.

Germany, a rising player, obviously also wanted a share of the pie, so it took the opportunity to stir up trouble and fish in troubled waters.

The Russian Empire was in chaos and had no time to take care of itself.

The great power of Austria-Hungary is surrounding it, making it difficult to deploy. Spain is obviously weak. It has ambitions, but it is unable to achieve its goals.

The French Empire had been divided for ten years by internal forces supported by Germany and Britain.

The Second French Empire originally established by Napoleon III should have become history after the German Empire occupied Paris in 1871. Then the Third French Republic came to power, but because of the rise of the Netherlands, it allied with the German Empire at that time.

In order to balance the situation, Britain finally supported Napoleon III to maintain the rule of northern France. Therefore, Napoleon III, who had never experienced a complete failure and was depressed, miraculously did not die in 1873 and is still alive. He was born in 1808 and is already 73 this year. Years old.

However, due to the support of the German Empire, the Third French Republic was now established, dividing the south bordering Germany, and establishing the Lyon government.

It can be said that France, originally one of the most powerful countries in Europe, can only become two first-class powers. For example, the Second French Empire under Napoleon III is currently about the same as Spain in terms of strength.

Relegated to a minor supporting role in Europe.

As for the Thiers government of the Third French Republic in the south, its strength is not even as strong as that of Italy, and can only be compared with Portugal.

Therefore, the only real opponents that William IV currently regards are Britain and Germany, followed by Tsarist Russia and Austria-Hungary, and then the French Second Empire in Paris and the United States.

The current development trend of the Netherlands is very good. However, whether it is Queen Victoria or Bismarck William I, they are all old foxes in the political arena. They are not simple and need to be careful.

Since the Congress of Vienna during the Napoleonic War established the pattern, the United States has been deeply influenced by the Monroe Doctrine tailored for this purpose by President Monroe in 1818, the core of which is independence, and after it finally reserves enough energy Then exert influence in Latin America and establish the United States' sphere of influence.

As a later person, William IV naturally knew the careful calculation of the United States.

Politicians in the United States have always been selfish people. Of course, the same is true in the Netherlands, but the United States' approach is more brutal.

Although the relationship between the United States and the Netherlands has deepened in recent years because the Dutch are among the top leaders in the United States, especially after the assassination of President Lincoln in 1866 when the Dutch Andrew Johnson came to power, the Dutch suddenly reached the top of the political arena.

Coming to power can be said to be an opportunity for the Netherlands to form an alliance with the United States, and there is also cooperation in many international affairs. However, with the rise of Germans in the United States, and the acceleration of other ethnic groups’ challenges to the Dutch’s dominance, the Dutch began to face increasing pressure. As the country grew bigger, Stephen Douglas, the Dutch-American president of the United States, began to move closer to the center from the original Democratic Party in order to get votes. He frequently contacted the German government and tried to occupy 800 of the 32 million people in the Federal Republic of America. Thousands of German votes.

Therefore, it makes sense for relations with the Netherlands to become stiff. In addition, many people in American politics increasingly do not believe that following the Netherlands is in their best interest.

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, often publicly said during his two terms from 1801 to 1809 that in order to safeguard the interests of the Commonwealth of the United States, whether it was France, the first ally of the United States to resist the British, or the second ally The Netherlands and even the third ally Spain and the United States could be abandoned.

Prior to this, in 1803, 2.14 million square kilometers of Louisiana was purchased from Napoleon I for US$50 million, which can be said to have allowed the United States to establish a rear area.

But when the European Anti-French Alliance was established in 1806-1807, the American president decisively abandoned the alliance friendship and even became a neutral party. When France finally failed, the American government, whose capital was New York at the time, did not even The kind that takes a quick look.

Because of this, the relationship between the United States and the Netherlands, in fact, William IV has always been the same as the British, unable to trust the nouveau riche.

Unlike the Netherlands' support for Denmark or the Kingdom of Siam, Millennium, currently a semi-ally of the Netherlands, has always stood on the neutral side in the struggles between the Netherlands and Britain, and sometimes even hindered the Netherlands.

It also makes ridiculous external claims and internal propaganda that it is extremely important to maintain American influence.

The last time the Netherlands supported Chile's internal overthrow of the previous government, the United Kingdom was driven away. However, the United States was dissatisfied with the Netherlands' actions, so it began to alienate the Netherlands. Later, when the Netherlands was looking for influence on the four Central American Federation countries, the United States was also openly dissatisfied.

Then, Mexico formed an alliance with the Netherlands, and even became an observer state to the six-nation coalition in South America with the support of the Netherlands. President Stephen Douglas even jumped up and issued a statement of condemnation. After that, the relationship with the German Empire became closer and closer, and even ended up almost As a result, the Dutch-American collective has always been in the United States. In the end, if it weren't for the area and the opposition of many people within the Republican and Democratic parties, it was finally subsided. Otherwise, I don't know what the trouble would have been in the end.

Based on the above, William IV had already concluded that the market of the United States could be exploited and occupied, but politically it had a large population, diverse ethnic groups, and allies who were not loyal enough and could not be trusted.

This is the position of William IV. You must know that since independence from Britain, the United States has always been anti-American. However, in the middle and late 20th century, it called itself Anglo-Saxon. At that time, Britain and the United States turned out to be the strongest Ally system.

You must know that in the 21st century, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia have become the world of the Anglo-Saxons. If calculated in terms of territorial area, even the countries directly ruled by the Anglo-Saxons in these five countries occupy 1.49 square kilometers of the entire earth's territory. It occupies 18.65% of the 27.8 million square kilometers, which is a unique blessing.

William IV even guessed that Queen Victoria, who is still alive, never expected that the United Kingdom under her rule would launch a global occupation of colonies more than 100 years later. The population is not dominant now, but it will be connected together more than 100 years later, and it will have a global dominance. To such a strong and stronger level.

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