Plymouth Colony survives

[Ricardolindo]

What if the Plymouth Colony had been granted its own royal charter and not been absorbed into Massachusetts?
Instead of Thirteen Colonies, there would have been Fourteen colonies.
Plymouth would become another Yankee Republican state and is likely to remain so for longer than Massachusetts and Rhode Island, IMO, as I think it would receive less Catholic immigrants.

 

[Stikfigur]

What if the Plymouth Colony had been granted its own royal charter and not been absorbed into Massachusetts?
Instead of Thirteen Colonies, there would have been Fourteen colonies.
Plymouth would become another Yankee Republican state and is likely to remain so for longer than Massachusetts and Rhode Island, IMO, as I think it would receive less Catholic immigrants.

What is the boundaries? Does it include RI?

 

[Ricardolindo]

What is the boundaries? Does it include RI?

The Plymouth Colony never included Rhode Island, AFAIK. You can sse the map at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Colony. However, Rhode Island may have more leverage to negotiate a better border against the smaller Massachusetts.

 

[Ganesha]

I'm not knowledgeable on early colonial history, but would this have had a large effect pre-independence? I suppose that if the American Revolution went similarly to OTL, the northern states would get two more Senators when the Constitution is written, which could have significant implications down the line for the endless slavery debates.

Cheers,
Ganesha