How would the House of Hanover react if American monarchists offered Charles Stuart a crown around 1780?
Short answerThe Hanoverians might welcome the removal of a dynastic rival, while America inherited Jacobite factions and religious tensions.
NotesThe Hanoverian government might welcome Charles Stuart accepting an American crown because it would move a lingering dynastic rival across the Atlantic. Jacobite supporters would gain somewhere to go that was distant from British and European politics. The religious divisions would then become an American problem: the Stuart dynasty and many supporters were Catholic, while the United States was predominantly Protestant. Scottish Calvinist supporters would add another faction to the migration. The suggestion that Britain might quietly finance the passage is a joke built around that predicted Hanoverian relief.