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  1. Capetown in the American Revolution

    Something of a dumb question, but the Drakas series is predicated on a conquest of South Africa by Britain during the Revolution. Was this attack ever attempted?
  2. Prime Minister

    AHC: Bloody American Revolution

    How can you make the American Revolution go the same as the French Revolution? Could the Americans have achieved the same amount of bloodshed and desperation as took place in France? What would happen to the Founding Fathers? What would happen to America?
  3. AHC\WI: American "Revolution" completely crushed

    As the title says, the challenge is to have the American "Revolution" completely crushed. What would happen in this case? Would the colonies be placed under permanent-till-further-notice martial law and the established precedent for defeated rebellions (the execution of the commanders and the...
  4. AHC American communist Revolution 1919

    So your challenge is to make a successful American communist revolution during the end of WWI and early 20s. Some ideas- Much worse and longer WWI Maybe have Mexico join the war on the side of Germany and a more succeful German campaign into France Harsher crackdown on socialists and unions...
  5. Mr. BoJangles

    Discussion: American Revolution

    So I have two questions about the American Revolution: What is the earliest possible American Revolution that would lead eventually lead to the same result and government? What is the maximum possible extent of the government of the United States? Could this US acquire additional British...
  6. would a failed American Revolution result in no French Revolution?

    France supported the American Revolution quite a bit. If they had not lent this support the American Revolution would have probably failed. However doing this damaged The French Economy and some say triggered the French Revolution. So, if no French support is given to the American...
  7. WI: British commanders during American Revolution

    WI: British commanders during American Revolution What if Prince William Augustus Duke of Cumberland and Robert Clive both lived until the American Revolutionary War and became commanders during the war. I was thinking that they both take their postions before the Battle of Monmouth in 1778...
  8. Napoleonic Wars, if the American Revolution Fails

    What would the effect on the Napoleonic Wars be if the American Revolution Failed. Would it weaken the British Empire as if it were Vietnam on crack or would it be a source of manpower and resources the British can use to crush the French. Would North America be a battle ground from the start...
  9. AHC: Kill Washington during the American revolution, but...

    At some point during the American Revolution before 1779 but after the war began have George Washington killed in some manner. However, the revolutionaries still have to win the war and the United States still has to gain independence from great Britain.
  10. We discuss the American Revolution on the AH Podcast. Listen here!

    Episode 1: American Revolution is out! Click the link to download the 1 hour, 1 minute MP3. If someone could please re-upload it, in case anything happens with my dropbox that would be awesome. It's been awkward, as you might expect a pilot episode to be, but still, give it...
  11. The first AH Podcast Episode (American Revolution) is out!

    Episode 1: American Revolution is out! Click the link to download the 1 hour, 1 minute MP3. If someone could please re-upload it, in case anything happens with my dropbox that would be awesome. It's been awkward, as you might expect a pilot episode to be, but still, give it ago...
  12. Any good alternate American Revolution timelines?

    ...The AH.com podcast is being rebooted (here's the thread, for those wondering), and the first new episode we're doing the American Revolution. Evilprodigy suggested we should discuss timelines based around American Revolution PoDs, but unfortunately I don't really read any timelines at the...
  13. American Dictators During the Revolution

    Reading The Politics of War: Race, Class, and Conflict in Revolutionary Virginia, I came across an interesting bit. Some backstory: by 1781, Virginia's defense had collapsed. The militia refuesd to turn out, the state was broke, Jefferson had fled in advance of British troops, etc. By...
  14. WI: England tries to pre-empt the American Revolution.

    What if England tried to pre-empt the revolution through arrests and other measures? Thomas Jefferson in 1774 wrote “A Summary View of the Rights of British America” this basically said that the allegiance to England was only voluntary. If the English had of arrested Thomas Jefferson immediately...
  15. American Revolution

    If the American Revolution didn't happen in the exact manner it did, what would America be like today? What I mean is, if we had a somewhat "tyrannical", and elitist backround would that make us a more of a progressive country today similar to what happened with the Dutch? Discuss!
  16. To Set a Country Free: A Tale of An American Revolution

    We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.-Thomas Paine The whole country can easily be made a solitude, and by the living God, if any insult is offered to me, or to those who have obeyed my orders, I will declare freedom to...
  17. "Blue Dawn: The 2nd Glorious American Revolution!"

    (Note, taken from a University of Tokyo American Studies 487 Textbook) The World Truely did not see the 2nd American Revolution coming at all, much like the collapse of the USSR of old. Like it, there was very little bloodshed but unlike that event, there was no "breakup" atleast in a...
  18. How 'liberal' can the American Revolution and Constitution get?

    ...at the Revolution bringing the poor farmers and slaves closer together. That will eventually form a cohesive force in the Second American Revolution of the 1840's with the poor immigrant workers of the Northeast. While I was thinking of turning the AR into this worker's revolution. I believe...
  19. A radically different American Revolution?

    ...eventually succeed anyway, or would they always see themselves as "British". And number two: Do you all think an avoided American revolution would dramatically butterfly away the next two hundred years? I mean, i'm sure it would dramatically. But would we see a serious Revolutions like...
  20. SpanishSpy

    AHC: Bloodier American Revolution

    ...is my first thread, so if I'm being a complete idiot, tell me. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to make the American Revolution have levels of violence similar to the French Revolution. You have two times to find a PoD: 1) During the Revolution itself or 2)During the...
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