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  1. Plausibility Check: Unusual American Kingdom scenario

    Most American monarchy scenarios tend to have a constitutional, basically democratic parliamentary monarchy, but what about a different scenario, that descends into French/Roman absolutism after civil strife? Here's a basic outline for how that might begin at its earliest. It would take until...
  2. WI: The Newburgh Conspiracy wasn't prevented and the US became a dictatorship in 1783?

    In March 1783, some of the soldiers of the Continental Army, who had long been unpaid and were discontented about the lack of funding for future pensions, planned a military coup against the Congress of the Confederation. This was called the Newburgh Conspiracy. However, George Washington gave...
  3. What if the USA had succeeded in Canada in 1775 or 1812?

    Am wondering what the ramifications would have been if Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen had succeeded in capturing Quebec (and possibly Montreal) in 1775? Or, if the USA had taken Ontario province in 1812? Could the USA have taken Quebec then? Could the USA have permanently conquered Canada in...
  4. Cliches of a failed American Revolution-

    ...be disease-ridden death traps for the British, and they had experienced some of this before. Additionally, the timing of the American Revolution after the great conquests of the French and Indian War was an object lesson in expansion not necessarily bringing stability 4) Every leader on...
  5. Revolution Averted: A Collaborative American Politics TL by Pericles and Historybuff

    The 1994 Republican Revolution was an important event in American politics, changing the flavor of American politics and the Republican Party, and it dramatically effected and profoundly altered Bill Clinton's presidency. The loss of Congress in 1994 to Newt Gingrich and the Republicans was a...
  6. Alcsentre Calanice

    AHC: Légion Américaine

    France helped the US to win the ARW against Great Britain - but when the revolutionary and republican France fought a decisive war against the same enemey, the United States did nothing to support their former ally. We have to change this. What if an American Legion, consisting either of...
  7. Without Halifax, Is Canada/British North America "Worth It"?

    Basically what it says on the tin. If, by some turn of events, the US managed to secure Halifax, either by conquest in the Revolution or the War of 1812, or by having Nova Scotia (for whatever reason) throw in with the 13 Colonies, is Canada/British North America "worth" keeping? Can the...
  8. More Radical American Revolution?

    The American Revolution is often seen favorably in comparison to the French revolution. The American revolution succeeded in establishing a constitutional republic with limited suffrage, a bill of rights and separation of church & state while France went through a reign of Terror followed by a...
  9. Alcsentre Calanice

    Longer ARW - more radical one?

    Here a thought I had some time ago: History teaches us that revolutions get more radical the longer they last. Since the American revolution was quite moderate compared to the French one, we need to make it more radical and violent. For example, what if France never sent troops to America? The...
  10. How could an American monarchy come about in a world w/failed ARW?

    ...a new project, and I'd like to ask a question: How could an American monarchy, of any kind, be set up in a world in which the American Revolution failed? What might it's head of state be called, if not a King(or Queen)? Would the monarch be subordinate to London, much like regional kings in...
  11. AHC: Prussia joins Alliance during the American Revolution

    The Franco-American alliance put Britain on the defensive almost everywhere in the world except for maybe India when you think about it. This is because the Dutch and Spanish were also involved. Essentially, Britain had never before fought a major European war by itself, and this created a...
  12. A Southern Canada-the British Deep South 1775-1815

    Introduction-The Calm before the Storm In early 1776 the Old South was in a state of Civil War, across the Carolinas secret meetings took place, speeches were made, rifles, swords, provisions, muskets, powder and old uniforms were gathered-the Committees of safety rallied their patriots to face...
  13. American Revolutionary War ends in a Stalemate

    Recently got into the American Revolutionary war, and am fascinated by the maximalist alternate histories presented here-several fascinating books, numerous articles and untold thousands of posts have been presented which see a total British victory which strongly underestimates Patriot...
  14. Simon

    Wrecking the French Economy Without the American Revolution?

    ...set-up certainly wasn't great and there were other factors as well as I understand things it was the large subsidies to the American revolutionaries which helped really push it off a cliff. If for whatever reason - no revolution occurring, the King being more cautious against Britain etc. -...
  15. How do I keep France out of the ARW?

    How do I keep France out of the American Revolutionary War? I know the French were keen to get back at Britain after their North American empire was lost not long beforehand, but I'm doing a timeline where the United States breaks apart not long after it was formed (the American Revolution only...
  16. Wayward

    What If Nova Scotia had joined the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution?

    Please forgive my lack of knowledge of the American Revolutionary wars. So, let's hypothesize that during the American Revolution, a large portion of the (then neutral) Nova Scotia populace had swung in favor of waging war against the British, promptly joining as the 14th Colony. How different...
  17. WI American Revolution suppressed by Indian Indians?

    WI Indian Indians suppress American Revolution? Americans fighting for freedom were not invincible. As demonstrated by CSA. 9 million population of CSA, 4 million slaves, leaving 5 million free CS citizens. USA did wear them down in a 4 year war of attrition. 1770s USA was 2,8 million people -...
  18. DBWI: A American revolution instead of an British Revolution?

    I've been wondering lately, considering when the British Republicans launched a coup upon King George III and Prime Minister Frederick North upon April 19th 1775 and the declaration of the United Republic of Great Britain - later, "and Ireland" - this set of the British Revolutionary War - also...
  19. Colonel Levnekov

    AHC: Three-way American Revolution

    No, not that way. :p Your challenge is to have the American Revolution being fought between three major factions, with one being the British Empire, and the other two any colonial group. They must be fighting each other, too, over the course of the war. So, any takers?
  20. Virginia Liberal

    God Save These American States
    Threadmarks: God Save these American States Turning Point

    God Save These American States. A History of the world without George Washington 4:59pm October 9, 1781 General Washington stood with the gun crews in front of Yorktown, Virginia watching the seconds tick away at 0500 Washington himself would fire the first gun and start the Combined...
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