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  1. GameBawesome

    Archers in the American Revolution

    I was reading an article recently, about how Benjamin Franklin had an idea of using longbows and pikes as alternative to muskets, due to the limited production of the Colonies. It never came to be. So what if the Military decided to form an Archer company? In 1776, the Archer company is...
  2. HeX

    AHC: The United States of Formerly British America

    During the American Revolution, a huge chunk of Great Britain's most populous and wealthiest colonies in North America broke away to form the US. Left behind were the scraps in the Caribbean and the frozen landscape of Canada, most of which were under British influence for centuries after into...
  3. DBWI: Quebec doesn't join the American Revolution

    After 13 years under the British rule the quebecois rebelled shortly after the 13 american colonies did against the British Empire. But what if they hadn't? How would the United States, Quebec and Canada look like today? Could the American revolution have won without the quebecois rebellion?
  4. George the Loyalist: An American Revolution (or lack thereof) TL

    ...and the British agree to a compromise in 1774 following a Whig victory in that year’s general election. This means that the American Revolution never occurs, and the 13 colonies continue on as British territory, albiet with a considerable amount of autonomy. The butterflies from this are...
  5. Gentleman Johnny

    Loyalism During the American Revolution

    Which of the rebelling 13 colonies had the best chance of remaining loyal to Britain? And what would have had to happen for them to stay loyal? Thanks.
  6. Gentleman Johnny

    A Different American Revolution

    So, I've been thinking a bit about the American Revolution and the colonies that did and did not rebel. Can anybody shed some light on the reasons certain colonies rebelled and others didn't? Also, could certain regions like New England or the south not rebelled? I recently reread Glen's...
  7. AHC: Washington successfully defends New York

    Your challenge is to have George Washington successfully defend New York City in 1776.
  8. WI: Washington wins battles more consistently

    George Washington lost many battles. This isn't intended as a slight against him; many of the defeats he suffered weren't entirely his fault, some were near-run things (Germantown comes to mind), and he certainly knew how to recover from losses. Still, one can't help but wonder how the war and...
  9. Great Britain wins the ARW, how bad are the reprisals?

    Let's say the American Revolutionary War (or whatever it would be called in a hypothetical ATL) ended in a British victory. How bad would the reprisals get, and how much misery in the Thirteen Colonies would there be?
  10. UoBLoyalist

    A British Revolution following British Intervention in the American Civil War?

    I've had an idea rolling around in my head for a while where British intervention in the American Civil War, would lead to increasingly reactionary governments in London as the "Great Experiment" in liberal democracy had collapsed. This lack of reform would then lead to a British Revolution...
  11. JustinianTheGrand

    DBWI: What if the American Revolution succeeded?

    ...it seems unlikely and is incredibly controversial but I think that it should be brought up. Now when most people think of the american revolution they think of it as a precursor to Slave-owner Revolt of 1833 but in reality this isn't true at all. The United States of 1776 was very different...
  12. No USA

    What if the USA never existed? Say the revolution fails or never happens in the first place, and the USA doesn’t exist. How will the past few centuries change? What are some butterflies? How will this effect North America? What might happen to other colonies?
  13. El_Presidente

    No American or French Revolutions: what happens with nationalism and the HRE?

    So, both the American Revolution and the French Revolution fail through a mixture of luck on the counterrevolutionary side and compromise; the British colonies in America get representation and, eventually, autonomy, and the French monarchy ends up reforming into a "constitutional" monarchy...
  14. WI: Washington wins the Battle of Brandywine

    What if George Washington had won the Battle of Brandywine? Would it have prevented the British from capturing Philadelphia? What other consequences might a Continental victory have had?
  15. Failed American Revolutionary War without butterflying away French Revolution

    How can the thirteen colonies lose the American Revolutionary War in such a way without butterflying away the French Revolution? Would having France still intervene as in OTL do it? Also apart from that would Great Britain be even more ruthless against the thirteen colonies because of allying...
  16. KingOnTheEdge

    DBWI: Britain Taxes Colonies Directly

    OTL, Britain's victory in the 7 year's war was incredibly expensive, and it was in massive debt. So where other colonial empires set new taxes for their colonies from europe, a top down thing, the british parliament wrote the governors of the North American Colonies and basically told them...
  17. TunguskaStorm

    WI: The United States gave France the Indian Reserve Following the American Revolution?

    So, France gave the US a LOT of help during the American Revolution, to the point where it put France in debt. France also used to control the land west of the Proclamation Line of 1763, as part of New France. So let's say as a sort of repayment, the US gives it back, effectively limiting...
  18. DBWI: Washington fails to protect New York

    George Washington's successful defense of New York is one of his most widely discussed victories. The tactics he used are still discussed in military academies today. Not bad for a man with little formal military education. Of course, nowadays, the role espionage and military intelligence played...
  19. Roosevelt

    WI: French Revolution Without American Revolution?

    This is something I've thought about, what would the French Revolution be like without an American Revolution? While it would definitely be a very different revolution, I do think that the fiscal crisis and the incompetence of King Louis XVI laid the groundwork for revolution before Lexington...
  20. Roosevelt

    The Kingdom of Liberty: A History of the United States
    Threadmarks: Chapter One

    ...Treaty of Paris, one of America's heroes met a sudden demise. General George Washington, one of the most unifying figures of the American revolution, would not live long enough to see the product of his leadership. On the evening of March 21, 1784, General Washington was riding his horse from...
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