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What if the Candian Rebellion of 1837 was won? For this POD there was some kind of British atrocity which conveniently happened at the start of the rebellions which acted as a rallying cry to gather support, and the US militarily backed the rebels as well. By late 1838/early 1839 Upper and Lower...

Today there are only 2 countries (AFAIK) that have "United States" in their name - the USA, Mexico. There are also some other countries that could adopt United States in their name - Brazil, India, Australia, and Germany, to name a few. But what other ones could of formed, preferably with United...

What if, in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo the annexed land from Mexico was all land north, east, and west of the Colorado and Rio Grande rivers? The US loses most of what's now Arizona, half of New Mexico, south-east Utah, and south-west Colorado, but gains Baja California and a almost-fully...

Challenge: with a POD no earlier than 1816 make Argentina a world-class power along with the US, China, Russia, UK, France, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Germany, and Japan. Brazil is expendable if it means a greater Argentina. This powerful Argentina must also have a GDP of at least 1 trillion and...

Personally I see the US as the turning point in WWI. Without the US on either side the war is anyone's guess. In WWI, what possible countries could of joined the Central Powers? The US should be possible, if Roosevelt is elected instead of Wilson, the Germans don't send the Zimmerman telegram...

Mid-1867: The confederation of Canada is formed. However British Columbia is not included, as the US is fiercely claiming it as compensation for helping the CSA. 1869: After 2 years of heated negotiations, the US annexes British Columbia, giving Britain an extra million dollars and promising to...

1977: The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is constructed with the latest safety features of the day instead of being the outdated piece of crap it was. 1979: Workers at the Three Mile Island reactor notice core temperatures are too hot, the reactor is shut down before any serious damage occurs...

~100 years ago there was a movement to meyk dhe Eenglic langwaj fonetic. But what if it gained more traction in the US, leading the US to make the Yewnayted Steyts of Amerika Beeroo of dhe Eenglic Langwaj in the early 1900s, which in 1915 issued the 1915 English Orthography Reform, making...

With a far back enough POD, could the US of reached 500 million people by today, or even possibly 1 billion like China and India have today? Also, nothing extra can be annexed besides Canada and Mexico.

As a lot of you know, one of the main reasons that Native Americans didn't advance much was because of the lack of tamable animals. But what if they were set up with favorable conditions? Possible animals to tame (North America): Bison (food/transportation) Reindeer (food/milk/transportation)...

How different would Africa and India look if Europe never conquered the entirety of the continent and subcontinent? Would those areas be more prosperous today, having borders that go along the areas tribal territory?