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  1. Southern states say “no thanks” to American revolution

    ...has been discussed before, but I was wondering what would be the result if the southern states decided not to participate in the American revolution. There was a good market in Britain for their crops, shared a “Gentry” lifestyle to a degree, and the crown had no problem with slavery (at the...
  2. There Is Power in a Union: Chronicling the Second American Revolution

    There Is Power in a Union Written by Joe Hill Would you have freedom from wage slavery? Then join in the grand Industrial band Would you from mis’ry and hunger be free Then come, do your share, like a man (Chorus) There is power, there is power In a band of workingmen, When they stand hand in...
  3. British Colonial Empire with no American Revolution?

    Assume that some sort of deal was made, for the American colonies to gain representation, giving birth to something like the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and North America' (and maybe Ireland, I guess? A big change like that ought to include them), especially since at the time the British...
  4. lerk

    WI: American Revolution as anti-religion as French one

    Could it had achieved the same success? How many more British loyalists would this create? How would this change the US?
  5. The Perception of Democracy among liberal thinkers if the American Revolutions fails

    ...The concept would certainly be discredited for a while, wouldn‘t it? Some might even believe it was a good thing that the American revolution failed, otherwise that would have devolved into some kind of reign of terror as well. Yet i don‘t think that means that absolute monarchy would last...
  6. WI: Clear American Victory at Monmouth

    Background: By June of 1778 the French had entered the American Revolutionary War on the side of the American rebels. This drastically changed the strategic situation for the British Army who had captured and occupied Philadelphia the previous year. Wary of the threat the French posed to the...
  7. An Earlier American Revolution

    WI the Stamp Act had led to an earlier American Revolution? Could we have seen Samuel Adams or perhaps even Benedict Arnold as America's first President?
  8. wolfhound817

    The Kingdom was Lost... (A For Want of a Nail Timeline)

    Hello! I was reading the book For Want of a Nail by Robert Sobel. The book is the history of North America from the 1760's to the 1970's in a world in which Burgoyne won at Saratoga. In the book they refer to Washington as a bad commander, chosen by the Continental Congress in a political move...
  9. Quebec Joins the American Revolution

    Due to some PoD in which Quebec is subject to the Intolerable Acts, Quebec sends delegates to Philadelphia and signs the Declaration of Independence Firstly, how does the subsequent war progress? Secondly, how are talks over the forming of the U.S. impacted? Thirdly, how does this U.S. fare...
  10. Chances of a Second American Revolution if the first fails?

    Let's say that, for some reason, the Americans lose the revolutionary war against the British and Britain re-establishes firm control over the colonies. Could there potentially be another revolution, some time in the future? In addition, if there could be, how likely is it to be successful? I...
  11. The Wrong Path: An Alternate History Timeline

    Hello, all, and welcome to my first ever alternate history thread! ...Yay. You can practically tell how excited I am. I'll tell the prologue of the story in the next post, but for now, I'm going to discuss the premise of this story. In it, Thomas Jefferson, who served in the Second...
  12. Hal Jordan

    Man in the high castle: Second American Revolution

    How plausible would a successful American uprising be in the novel Man in the high castle
  13. VaultJumper

    AHC Get all of the British new world colonies and to join the American Revolution

    From My cursory research on Wikipedia (I and Wikipedia) could be wrong it seems that all of the colonies had significant British population by 1776. also What the repercussions be for the slave vs free state balance, relations with natives, European powers, and neighbors how much more...
  14. Gwachiko

    WI: American Revolution is avoided

    Let's say Britain makes more concessions to the colonists (decreasing tariffs, allowing westward expansion, decreasing or abolishing taxation in the colonies). What impact would this have on the global balance of power? Would the French Revolution be avoided or delayed? When would European...
  15. General Kenobi

    The Second American revolutuion

    The U.S. government becomes ocrrupt, riots and protest start popping up around the nation until the rioters start shooting at the homeland security forces thus escalating the riots into a revolution. States in the West like California, Nevada, North/South Dakota, Nebraska etc. join these...
  16. WI: The anti slave acts are passed much earlier. The American revolution is a little bit about slave

    So lets make the American revolution were partly about slavery? In the 18th century the abolition movements in Europe (and to a much lesser extent to 13 colonies) are significantly more successful. And Britain is where the abolishes movement is most successful compared to OTL. In 1771 The 1807...
  17. Sevarics

    WI/AHC: The Colony of West Florida joins the American Revolution?

    In OTL, West Florida was incited to join the First Continental Congress. The colony declined. During the Revolution, Spain ended up seizing Pensacola, the capital, and acquiring West Florida as a result. But, how about if some of the West Floridian colonists decided to attend the First...
  18. DBWI: Loyalist revisionism in independent America?

    As many Rebel leaders became accepted and some even admired in the Dominion of North America through a movement of Rebel Revisionism, would there eventually be a similar movement for rehabilitation of american loyalists and His Majesty George III if the colonies succeded in their "revolution"...
  19. Incanian

    AMERICAN REVOLUTION LOST!!!! What happens to China?

    So after thinking about the American war for independence, I was wondering about the effects a stronger presence in North America would have on the Qing empire. Seeing as North America is a higher priority, would the British have a higher stand on the Chinese? What would be the effects of a...
  20. House of Orange

    AHC/WI: Sam Houston moves to California

    Sam Houston moved to Mexican Texas in 1832, shortly after his scandalous assault of Congressman William Stanbery. The circumstances of his move are unclear: some say he was sent to oversee Texas's transfer to the US (or was scheming to build his own independent country), some believe he traveled...
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